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LOT 0874
Roman Gold Ring with Sard Gemstone
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.47 grams, 24.99 mm overall, 12.25 x 15.59 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)).
Hollow-formed with inset ellipsoid intaglio figure of Abundantia standing with a cornucopia.
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's family in the 1980s.
with Christie’s, New York, Ancient Jewellery, 11 December 2003, no.397.
Literature
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 450, for type.
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