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LOT 0590
Roman Carnelian Ring
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.53 grams, 26.44 mm overall, 15.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
With thick D-section hoop and stud to the underside, flared sides to the slightly domed plaque.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection since the late 1990s.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 326, for type.
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