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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0874