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LOT 0161
Roman Gold Ring with Eros Gemstone
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.35 grams, 21.19 mm overall, 15.00 mm internal diameter (approximate size British D 1/2, USA 2, Europe 1.78, Japan 1)).
Hollow-formed shank, integral plaque with inset glass disc, low-relief Eros face in three-quarter view.
ProvenanceAcquired in 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Opening Bid: £50
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From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
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1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £85
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1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A mixed group of tesserae of various colours and sizes, mostly cuboid. 95 grams total, 7-24 mm
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK; he amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Roman mosaics were made from small cubes of natural stone and terracotta possibly cut from tile or brick. Each of these small cubes was called a tessera (plural tesserae) from the Latin word for dice.
