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LOT 0141
Roman Gold Ring with Gemstone
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (1.07 grams, 19.64 mm overall, 15.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H 1/2, USA 4, Europe 6.81, Japan 6)).
A slender gold finger ring with ellipsoid cell and inset cabochon amethyst.
Provenance
UK private collection, since 1956.
Formed in the 1950s by by Mr and Mrs S. Broukal, thence by decent.
with Bonham's, London, New Bond Street, 30 November 2016, lot 155 [Part].
English private collection.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 191.
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