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LOT 0094
Roman Gold Ring with Diana Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.11 grams, 23.25 mm overall, 19.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18)).
Slender hoop with pairs of granules flanking the ellipsoid cell with inset carnelian intaglio of Diana standing and holding a patera; stone chipped and gold frame extended to compensate.
Provenance
Ex 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.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 368.
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