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LOT 1692
Romano-British Bronze Child's Ring
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (0.91 grams, 18.90 mm overall, 16.38 x 13.20 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)).
Slender hoop with the bezel formed of three circular cells, each recessed to accept enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Kent, UK.
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. similar ring in PAS LIN-79CAB5, dedicate to the cult of Toutatis.
FootnotesSome of these rings, found in the children's graves, bear the inscription TOT and were dedicated to the devotion of the god Totatis, a Celtic divinity absorbed into the Romano-British pantheon. Originally, our ring was ornamented with enamel.
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