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LOT 0083
Roman Ring with Imperial Portrait
2ND CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 in. (4.68 grams, 25.34 mm overall, 23.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
A gold finger ring with narrow hoop, disc bezel with fluted rim, inset garnet intaglio male bust with Julian hairstyle.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11620-199234.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 320, 321, for type.
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