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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.
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