Iron Ring with Jasper Gemstone

ROMAN, 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (6.13 grams, 27.23 mm overall, 16.19x18.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).

Ferrous hoop with inset cloison to the bezel, profile female bust with laurel wreath to the brow. [No Reserve]

Provenance

with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.

Literature

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 274, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0837