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LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK GOLD SNAKE RING
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Formed from a sheet strap, carinated on the exterior, wound into a three-coil spiral, the tail curving back and looped, the head turned out, forming an S, with stippled and incised details indicating the scales
1 in. (2.5 cm.) wide; ring size 5
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Formed from a sheet strap, carinated on the exterior, wound into a three-coil spiral, the tail curving back and looped, the head turned out, forming an S, with stippled and incised details indicating the scales
1 in. (2.5 cm.) wide; ring size 5
Provenance
Fine Antiquities, Christie's East, New York, 16 December 1982, lot 38.
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