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LOT 0700
Roman Period Child's Bronze Ring with Fylfot
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (1.75 grams, 14.14 mm overall, 10.02 mm internal diameter).
The gammadion motif to the oval bezel, set against an enamelled field; the small hoop with a break. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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