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LOT 0813
Roman Bronze Ring with Prancing Horse and Rider
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.81 grams, 21.16 mm overall, 17.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2 , USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
With broad shoulders and ellipsoid plaque, incuse profile horse and rider motif.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 232.
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