Egyptian Gold Coiled Snake Ring

Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A gold finger ring formed as a snake with coiled tail and neck. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 117.3.51 grams, 17.00mm overall, 16.89mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4) (1/2"). Property of a London gentleman; previously from the 'Sectarian Collection', an important collection of jewellery formed in the 1990s.
Condition Report: Very fine condition.