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LOT 1705
Romano-Celtic Bronze Ring with Horse
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.65 grams, 17.03 mm overall, 14.02 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2 3/4, Europe 3.67, Japan 3)).
D-section hoop and integral ellipsoid bezel with incuse running hare motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman.
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Celtic Bronze Adjustable Bracelet
Iron Age, circa 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed from a single lentoid-section rod with the ends wound around the shank in a sliding knot. 22.2 grams, 88 mm
From the collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, collector. -
Celtic to Medieval Bronze Ring Group
1st century B.C.-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: an openwork ring with spirals; three rings with decorated bezels; a ring with a round-section hoop and a lozenge-shaped bezel flanked by raised bosses; a ring with a notched hoop and a raised bezel. 25.04 grams total, 16-27mm
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Similar rings with with loop and braided wire were found in the Necropolis of Banatsko Arandelovo, Vojvodina, and dated 10th-15th century A.D. -
Romano-British Bronze Child's Ring
1st-3rd century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Slender hoop with the bezel formed of three circular cells, each recessed to accept enamel. 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)
Found Kent, UK. Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000. From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Some 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.
