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LOT 0660
Roman Silver Ring with Heracles
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.56 grams, 22.32 mm overall, 15.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9)).
Bezel with beaded Heracles modelled in the half-round; hoop split
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 449.
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