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LOT 0090
Roman Gold Ring with Artemis of Ephesus Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.18 grams, 21.99 mm overall, 19.22 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
Slender hoop with sharp shoulders, inset carnelian gemstone with intaglio Artemis motif.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 380, for type.
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