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LOT 0157
Late Roman Gold Ring with Engraved Bezel
IBERIA, 4TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.78 grams, 17.72 mm overall, 15.63 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
Flat-section hoop and disc bezel, scrolled tendril border and stylised gryphon.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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