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LOT 0865
Roman Bronze Ring with Silver Plaque with Hippocamp
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.94 grams, 26.75 mm overall, 21.19 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 51/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
Comprising a narrow shank and tapering shoulders, a flat plaque with an inset silver panel, low-relief hippocamp motif. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 271, for type.
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