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LOT 0740
Roman Gold Ring with Portrait Gemstone
1ST CENTURY B.C-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.55 grams, 23.99 mm overall, 16.55 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).
A nicolo gemstone with profile portrait bust, set in a 2nd century A.D. hollow-formed gold ring with granule clusters to the shoulders.
Provenance
UK private collection, since 1956.
Formed in the 1950s by by Mr and Mrs S. Broukal, thence by decent.
with Bonham's, London, New Bond Street, 30 November 2016, lot 155 [Part].
English private collection.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 219 (ring).
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