Roman Gold Ring with Nicolo Gemstone

CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D. OR LATER

3/4 in. (4.67 grams, 20.33 mm overall, 17.70 x 15.02 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).

Comprising a D-section hoop with pairs of punched ring-and-dot motifs, a discoid flange to the bezel with similar decoration and a central cell with inset replacement nicolo cloison.

Provenance

Ex property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.
Private collection, Suffolk, UK.

Literature

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 201, for type.

CONDITION

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