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LOT 0798
Roman Bronze Ring with Victory Gemstone
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
5/8 in. (1.01 grams, 16.06 mm overall, 13.31 mm internal diameter (approximate size British D 1/2, USA 2, Europe 1.78, Japan 1)).
A Henig Type I ring circular in shape set with a chalcedony intaglio decorated with Victory standing in front of a column. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Welshpool, Wales, UK, on 23 October 2019.
Accompanied by a copy of a Welshpool Portable Antiquities data sheet with PAS reference no.WREX-2A4F27.
Cf. Vollenweider, M-L., Musee d'Art et d'histoire de Geneve, Catalogue raisonne des sceaux, cylindres, intailles et camees. II. Les Portraits, les masques de theatre, les symboles politiques, 1979, 442-3, pl.127, no.498.
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