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LOT 0121

Roman Child's Ring with Emerald

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

1/2 in. (1.22 grams, 13.23 mm overall, 10.74 mm internal diameter).

Integral flat bezel with inset green cloison.

Provenance

Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, UK.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 199, 202, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0121

Roman Child's Ring with Emerald

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

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