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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.
Provenance
Acquired 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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