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LOT 0762
Roman Bronze Ring
1ST CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (3.62 grams, 20.42 mm overall, 15.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H 1/2, USA 4, Europe 6.81, Japan 6)).
With carinated hoop, elliptical bezel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 134, for type.
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