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LOT 0666

Roman Silver Child's Ring with Palm Branch

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (2.31 grams, 16.88 mm overall, 13.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E, USA 2 1/4, Europe 2.41, Japan 2)).

With lentoid-profile hoop, ellipsoid bezel with incuse frond motif. [No Reserve]

Provenance

UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 180, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0666

Roman Silver Child's Ring with Palm Branch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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