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LOT 0481
Romano-Egyptian Bronze Snake Ring
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 1/2 in. (4.61 grams, 40.41 mm overall, 17.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
With D-section narrow coiled band with stylised scale detailing, raised head and tightly coiled tip of the tail. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of a Surrey, UK, collector.
See Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 117, for type.
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