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LOT 0086
Roman Gold Ring with Banded Glass
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.18 grams, 18.29 mm overall, 15.66 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
A hollow-formed gold finger ring with ellipsoid bezel, inset panel of banded iridescent glass.
Provenance
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 103, for an earlier example of the type.
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LOT 0086
Roman Gold Ring with Banded Glass
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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