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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.
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.
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LOT 0181
Late Roman Silver Ring with Nicolo Gemstone with Facing Busts and Chi Rho
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
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