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LOT 0613
Roman Portrait Gemstone in Gold Ring
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 1/8 in. (12.89 grams, 30.12 mm overall, 22.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)).
A sardonyx cabochon gemstone with intaglio portrait bust of a male wearing a diadem, possibly Apollo; set in a later gold ring.
Provenance
Ex Dr. A.R., Leipzig, 1980-1980s.
with Gorny and Mosch, 13 December 2017, lot 424.
English private collection.
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