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LOT 0819
Gold Ring with Elliptical Garnet
ROMAN, 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 in. (8.36 grams, 25.87 mm overall, 19.48 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Comprising a substantial keeled hoop and raised bezel set with a garnet, the garnet with a central lozenge flanked by two transverse lines, the ring shape is characteristic of Augustan rings.
ProvenancePrivate English collection.
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12955-245984.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 163, for a similar type.
FootnotesThe ring type is characteristic of the Augustan Period, and two further examples are documented by the Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz.
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LOT 0819
Gold Ring with Elliptical Garnet
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £1,250
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2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £450 - 650 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
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Ex European private collection. Private European collection, acquired in 2001.