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LOT 0698

Estimate
GBP (£) 3,500 - 5,500
EUR (€) 4,200 - 6,600
USD ($) 4,650 - 7,310

ROMAN GOLD RING WITH LION AND HORSE INTAGLIO
3RD CENTURY AD
1" (7.46 grams, 24mm overall, 17.37mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 7, Europe 14.51, Japan 14)).

A round-section hoop and flared elliptical plaque with inset carnelian intaglio of a lion attacking a horse.

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a Mayfair gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 201.

CONDITION