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LOT 0181
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.
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
PublishedHammond, A., Discovering Jewellery, p.86.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 510, for type.
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LOT 0181
Late Roman Silver Ring with Nicolo Gemstone with Facing Busts and Chi Rho
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