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LOT 1125

Roman Gold Child's Ring

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

1/2 in. (0.83 grams, 12.37 mm overall, 11.07 mm internal diameter).

Formed as a flat-section hoop with a tapering ovaloid bezel.

Provenance

Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s.

Literature

See The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 74.51.4108, 74.51.4113 and 74.51.4120a.

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LOT 1125

Roman Gold Child's Ring

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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 £160 (EUR 186; USD 216) ‡+BP*

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