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LOT 0201

Roman Gold Ring with Sardonyx Gemstone

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (5.65 grams, 19.11 mm overall, 13.53 mm internal diameter).

With D-section shank and steep facetted shoulders, inset sardonyx gemstone.

Provenance

Private European collection, acquired 2000.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 304, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0201

Roman Gold Ring with Sardonyx Gemstone

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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