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LOT 0744
Roman Bronze Ring with Wheat Stalk
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.96 grams, 26.65 mm overall, 19.25 x 16.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Comprising a D-section hoop with angled shoulders, oval bezel with a wheat stalk. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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