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LOT 0201
Roman Carnelian Gemstone of the God Apollo in Byzantine Gold Ring
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 in. (6.46 grams, 26.66 mm overall, 17.29 x 16.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Roman intaglio depicting youthful god Apollo in profile, set into a 5th-7th century A.D. Byzantine ring with flat-section hoop with roped bands and pelleted border, fluted hemispherical bezel with ribbed underside; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Private collection, 1950s.
Private collection, M.G., South Germany, 2000.
with Gorny and Mosch, 14 December 2016, no.259.
Private collection, England.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13135-249517.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 485-6, for intaglio see item 222.
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LOT 0201
Roman Carnelian Gemstone of the God Apollo in Byzantine Gold Ring
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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