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LOT 0888

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

ROMAN BRONZE SIGNET RING WITH BUST
4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.72 grams, 23.49 mm overall, 19.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).

Comprising a slender hoop and columnar bezel, intaglio image of a profile bust. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From an English collection formed before 2000.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 447, for type.

CONDITION
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