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LOT 0662
Roman Bronze Ring with Chi Rho
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.65 grams, 25.39 mm overall, 20.33 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
Penannular hoop and disc bezel with ribbed shoulders, incised chi-rho Christogram. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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