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LOT 0088
Roman Gold Ring with Herakles Gemstone
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (6.63 grams, 21.95 mm overall, 16.32 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
A gold finger ring with flared shoulders, ellipsoid inset haematite intaglio profile bust of young Herakles.
ProvenancePrivate European collection, acquired 2001.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 362.
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LOT 0088
Roman Gold Ring with Herakles Gemstone
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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