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LOT 0611
Roman Ring with Leaping Gladiatorial Lion
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (5.21 grams, 21.25 mm overall, 17.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
A bronze finger ring with raised ellipsoid bezel, incuse leaping lion motif.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 228.
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