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LOT 0092
Roman Gold Ring with Minerva Gemstone
MID 2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (7.39 grams, 19.03 mm overall, 16.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
With tapering facetted hoop, plaque with cell and inset carnelian cloison, intaglio figure of Minerva with shield and spear.
Provenance
Acquired from Notaras Coins & Antiquities, Suffolk, UK, before 2000.
Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, private collector.
Accompanied by an illustrated collector's identification tag.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 188, for type.
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