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LOT 0159
Roman Gold Ring with Dolphins Supporting Beads
1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.24 grams, 26.14 mm overall, 15.47 x 16.96 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).
D-section hoop with shoulders formed as addorsed dolphins, the tails pierced to accept a wire with three glass seed beads.
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman's collection, 1980-1990s.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 216, for type.
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LOT 0159
Roman Gold Ring with Dolphins Supporting Beads
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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