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LOT 0160
Roman Gold Ring with Garnets
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (1.38 grams, 17.03 mm overall, 14.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)).
Comprising two parallel hoops connected with angled filigree struts with a granule to each node, annulets to the shoulders, irregular circular cells each set with a cabochon garnet; hoop cracked at underside.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1992.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 251, for type.
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LOT 0160
Roman Gold Ring with Garnets
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Roman Gold Ring with Reclining Dog Cameo
1st century A.D.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
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Ex Swiss collection, 1990s. Private collection, England. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13112-249490.
