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LOT 0871
Roman Silver Ring with Palm Branch
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.89 grams, 20.04 mm overall, 14.82 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)).
Rounded ellipsoid plaque with incised palm frond. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 178.
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