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LOT 0775
Roman Bronze Ring with Bird
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.94 grams, 19.42 mm overall, 17.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
Discoid bezel with incuse peacock motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 457, for type.
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