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LOT 0165
Superb Romano-British Enamelled Bronze Ring
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.97 grams, 21.66 mm overall, 16.06 x 17.11 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)).
With spurs to the shoulders, domed bezel with central roundel, enamel fill.
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
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