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LOT 0812
Roman Bronze Ring with Bust
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.76 grams, 25.26 mm overall, 17.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
With facetted shoulders, disc bezel with low-relief portrait bust. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 206, for type.
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