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LOT 0187

Roman Iron Ring with Sardonyx Gemstone with Bull

1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (7.58 grams, 25.56 mm overall, 17.84 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J 1/2, USA 5, Europe 9.32, Japan 9)).

Slender hoop expanding to a broad bezel, inset sardonyx cloison intaglio depicting a grazing bull on a baseline.

Provenance

Acquired in London in 1994.
European private collection.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12067-211915.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 161, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0187

Roman Iron Ring with Sardonyx Gemstone with Bull

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470

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