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LOT 0100
Roman Gold Ring with Portrait Cameo
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.03 grams, 20.13 mm overall, 15.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)).
Openwork heart-shaped shoulders and reef-knot to the underside, ellipsoid cell with inset cameo.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1980s.
American private collection.
with Bonhams, London, 23 October 2013, lot 163.
Accompanied by a previous dealer's catalogue and price card (£3,750.00).
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.203078.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 208, for type.
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