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LOT 0888
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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 447, for type.
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