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LOT 0709
Roman Bronze Ring with Profile Bust
2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.97 grams, 24.96 mm overall, 16.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Trumpet-shaped bezel with incuse profile bust and drape. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 447, for type.
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