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LOT 0103
Roman Children’s Gold and Gemstone Ring Group
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/8 - 1/2 in. (3.82 grams total, 9-13 mm).
Comprising three rings, the largest ring set with a garnet intaglio with a standing male figure (Odysseus shooting with his bow); the slightly smaller ring set with an emerald; the smallest ring set with a garnet intaglio of an amphora; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. [3]
Provenance
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12956-245984.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 134, for type.
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LOT 0103
Roman Children’s Gold and Gemstone Ring Group
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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This type of fibula, common in Pannonia, was typically worn in men's clothing. It closed the paenula on the chest, arranged horizontally. Naturally, it could also be worn with military attire.
