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LOT 0848
Roman Bronze Ring with Dolphin
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.56 grams, 23.50 mm overall, 18.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
With elliptoid bezel on a dentilled flange, incuse image of a dolphin.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 161, for type.
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