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LOT 0086
Massive Roman Silver Ring with Luna and Sol Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 3/8 in. (39.01 grams, 35.11 mm overall, 24.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+2 1/2, USA 13 3/4, Europe 32.01, Japan 30)).
D-section hoop developing to segmented shoulders with gently curved plaque bearing scroll detailing; with a later central cell with carnelian cloison, opposed busts of Sol and Luna.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 355, for type.
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