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LOT 0812
Roman Nicolo Gemstone of Sow in Gold Ring
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.33 grams, 25.00 mm overall, 17.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
Discoid in plan with incuse profile image of a sow standing a baseline; set into a later gold ring; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 157, for type.
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