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LOT 0730
Roman Bronze Ring with Lion
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.29 grams, 17.97 mm overall, 16.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
With a slender flat-section hoop expanding to a rounded bezel with a stylised advancing lion, pellet above. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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