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LOT 0926
Roman Gold Ring with Goddess Minerva Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (3.03 grams, 21.70 mm overall, 18.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
Slender hoop with jasper gemstone, incuse standing Minerva.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 306.
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