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LOT 0140
Roman Gold Ring with Garnet Cabochon
1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (2.11 grams, 21.42 mm overall, 16.92 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5 3/4, Europe 11.24, Japan 10)).
A hollow-formed gold finger ring with inset cabochon garnet.
Provenance
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 290, for type.
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