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LOT 0860
Roman Bronze Ring with Gammadion
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.26 grams, 22.00 mm overall, 19.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British O 1/2, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.61, Japan 15)).
With a wide flat-section hoop expanding to an oval bezel, intaglio motif of a gammadion. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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