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LOT 0088
Greek Gold Ring with Roundel
HELLENISTIC, 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (4.14 grams, 23.21 mm overall, 18.15 x 16.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Flat-section hoop and discoid cell with inset panel, filigree ropework border enclosing band of U-shaped filigree and repoussé central motif of a facing bust with applied granule detailing.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Germany.
with Artemis Gallery, Munich, 1990s.
Private European collection, 2001.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12091-218184.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 78, for type.
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LOT 0088
Greek Gold Ring with Roundel
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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