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LOT 0684
Roman Bronze Ring with Wolf
1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.40 grams, 25.24 mm overall, 22.26 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X 1/2, USA 11 3/4, Europe 26.92, Japan 25)).
With slender hoop, discoid bezel with incuse image of the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 233, for type.
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