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LOT 0107
Roman Gold Ring with Amethyst Gemstone with Mercury and Bacchus
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (16.40 grams, 24.07 mm overall, 17.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
With stepped shoulders and ellipsoid bezel open to the underside, replaced hoop, inset amethyst intaglio depicting Mercury giving the infant Bacchus to the Nymphs; stone broken.
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12108-212230.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 349, 350, for type.
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LOT 0107
Roman Gold Ring with Amethyst Gemstone with Mercury and Bacchus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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