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LOT 0788
Late Roman Ring with Cross and Fish Gemstone
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.85 grams, 20.46 mm overall, 17.28 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
With flared shoulders and arcading, inset carnelian cloison with intaglio cross with pair of fish. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex private London, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, items 193, 194.
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