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LOT 0784
Romano-Celtic Bronze Ring with Goat Facing Back
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.97 grams, 25.41 mm overall, 19.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
Comprising a wide hoop and an oval bezel with an incuse image of a horned quadruped facing back. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. for the type Mills, N., Celtic and Roman Artefacts, Witham, 2007, p.107, fig.R337.
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