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LOT 0199
Late Roman Bronze Ring with Harvester Gemstone
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (6.21 grams, 27.78 mm overall, 19.08 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).
With narrow shank and carinated ellipsoid bezel, inset carnelian intaglio of an agricola farm-worker harvesting wheat.
Provenance
Acquired on the German art market before 2000.
Property of a Surrey, UK, collector.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 233, for type.
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