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LOT 1042
Roman Gold Child's Ring
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.06 grams, 13.02 mm overall, 11.30 mm internal diameter).
With broad hoop, incised lines to shoulders, plaque with cell. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Brigantia Antiques, York, UK, in the early 1990s.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 218, for type.
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