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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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