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LOT 0123
Roman Gold Marriage Ring with 'Dextrarum Iunctio' Cameo
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.81 grams, 27.53 mm overall, 22.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).
With hoop formed as three rods, the outer one beaded, paired granules to the shoulders, an elliptical bezel with beaded wire border, set with an onyx cameo with clasped hands above the Greek term 'HOMONOIA' (concord).
ProvenanceEx Swiss collection.
with St Paul's Auction, Sale 1, no.145.
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.13111-249496.
See Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 187, for discussion of 'clasped hands' motif in Roman contexts, introduced from the Eastern Empire.
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LOT 0123
Roman Gold Marriage Ring with 'Dextrarum Iunctio' Cameo
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
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Opening Bid: £500
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Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s. Private collection, London, UK.
