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LOT 0571
Roman Bronze Ring with Stepping Horse and Dioscourus
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.45 grams, 20.40 mm overall, 16.70 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
Wide hoop expanding at the shoulders, oval bezel with a standing figure beside a stepping horse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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