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LOT 0108
Roman Gold Ring with Sphinx
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.78 grams, 24.45 mm overall, 15.52 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
Hollow-formed shank with carinated profile, inset garnet cabochon with winged sphinx standing on a baseline.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 192, for type.
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