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LOT 0145

Roman Gold Ring with Fish Gemstone

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (6.11 grams, 26.55 mm overall, 20.73 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W 1/2, USA 11 1/4, Europe 25.6, Japan 24)).

A hollow-formed gold finger ring with inset glass intaglio of two fishes placed tête-bêche; the astrological symbol for the Pisces constellation.

Provenance

English private collection.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 353, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0145

Roman Gold Ring with Fish Gemstone

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170

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