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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]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 180, for type.
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