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LOT 256507
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.
Provenance
Private 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.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 163, for a similar type.
Footnotes
The 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 256507
Gold Ring with Elliptical Garnet
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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