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LOT 0315
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,200
ROMAN GOLD RING WITH MINERVA INTAGLIO
3RD CENTURY AD
1" (12 grams, 27mm overall, 22.66mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+1 1/2, USA 13 1/4, Europe 31.19, Japan 30)).
3RD CENTURY AD
1" (12 grams, 27mm overall, 22.66mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+1 1/2, USA 13 1/4, Europe 31.19, Japan 30)).
A large broad flat-section gold hoop with applied filigree borders, bands of scroll and granule detailing; cell with granule borders, inset elliptical amethyst cloison, intaglio motif of Minerva standing robed with helmet and shield.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, North London; acquired in the early 1980s; formerly in the collection of a German diplomat.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 260.
Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence analysis certificate.
