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LOT 0410
Romano-Egyptian Silver Ring with Cat and Kittens
ROMAN PERIOD, 30 B.C.-323 AD.
1 1/8 in. (14.92 grams, 28.49 mm overall, 17.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
D-section hoop with ribbed shoulder, papyrus-stem detailing and reclining cat with suckling kittens.
ProvenanceEx Essex, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 16, for type.
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