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LOT 0085
Roman Gold Ring with Bust of a Noble Lady
MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.83 grams, 19.98 mm overall, 17.95 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I 1/2, USA 4 1/2, Europe 8.07, Japan 7)).
Broad hoop with cell to the plaque, inset cameo with profile female bust; possibly of the Empress Faustina the younger.
Provenance
Acquired from Notaras Coins & Antiquities, Suffolk, UK, before 2000.
Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
Accompanied by a previous illustrated catalogue slip.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 187, for type.
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