Late Roman Silver Ring with Nicolo Gemstone with Facing Busts and Chi Rho

4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

1 in. (12.79 grams, 25.74 mm overall, 17.61 x 14.24 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).

Broad hoop and shoulder with stepped bezel, inset nicolo with incuse image of two profile busts flanking a frond surmounted by a Christogram; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Private collection, England.

Published

Hammond, A., Discovering Jewellery, p.86.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 510, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0181