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LOT 0082
Roman Gold Ring with Fortuna Gemstone
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.22 grams, 21.90 mm overall, 15.21 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)).
A hollow-formed gold finger ring with inset banded agate cabochon, intaglio standing Fortuna.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11619-199018.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 315, for a later style of ring with similar cabochon.
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LOT 0082
Roman Gold Ring with Fortuna Gemstone
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
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1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A pair of bone dice with dot-in-ring numbering, both composed: 1:6, 2:5, 3:4. 4.28 grams total, 10 mm each
English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.
