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Roman Bronze Signet Ring with Bust Roman Bronze Signet Ring with Bust Roman Bronze Signet Ring with Bust
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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]

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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LOT 0888

Roman Bronze Signet Ring with Bust

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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