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LOT 0797

Sold for (Inc. bp): £221

ROMAN BRONZE RING WITH BIRD GEMSTONE
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.77 grams, 20.24 mm overall, 16.39 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).

With inset carnelian gemstone, incuse profile bird motif.

PROVENANCE:
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 318, for type.

CONDITION
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