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LOT 0947
Roman Bronze Signet Ring with Bull's Head
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.93 grams, 23.28 mm overall, 19.28 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Ellipsoid bezel with incuse bucranium motif, star between the horns.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The bull-head motif is used in Mithraism, where it represents masculine power.
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