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LOT 0156
Roman Gold Matrimonial Ring with Nicolo Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.40 grams, 23.52 mm overall, 18.89 x 17.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
A 3rd-century A.D. opus interrasile ring featuring an expanding hoop with openwork volute scroll shoulders, set with a 2nd-century A.D. dextrarum iunctio nicolo intaglio showing an opposing man and a woman holding hands, the woman holding an ear of wheat, the male figure wearing a long military mantle hanging down his back; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13346-257954.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 184, for type.
FootnotesThe wheat symbolises abundance, fertility and prosperity in marriage.
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LOT 0156
Roman Gold Matrimonial Ring with Nicolo Gemstone
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)
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