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LOT 0759
Roman Silver Ring with FELIX
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.39 grams, 21.24 mm overall, 16.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Carinated hoop, stud bezel with incised with the Roman name 'FE/LIX'.
ProvenanceAcquired on the EU art market around 2000.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 185.
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