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LOT 0674
Roman Bronze Ring with Sol Gemstone
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.17 grams, 20.88 mm overall, 17.37 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
With inset carnelian cloison, intaglio Sol standing with whip.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 137, for type.
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