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Roman Gold Ring with Intaglio of a Noble Lady Roman Gold Ring with Intaglio of a Noble Lady Roman Gold Ring with Intaglio of a Noble Lady
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LOT 0675

Roman Gold Ring with Intaglio of a Noble Lady

2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (3.07 grams, 25.34 mm overall, 16.74 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).

With a hollow-formed D-section hoop and tall oval bezel set with a glass intaglio bearing a profile bust of a lady, her hair pulled back to a chignon at the nape of the neck.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 134, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0675

Roman Gold Ring with Intaglio of a Noble Lady

Sold for (Inc. bp): £819

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