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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]

Provenance

Acquired from Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 134, for type.

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LOT 0762

Roman Bronze Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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