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LOT 0953
Roman Silver Double-Bezel Ring with Garnets
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (9.30 grams, 23.90 mm overall, 18.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
With bifid ellipsoid bezel, each band with inset cabochon garnet. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London gallery; formerly in a 1980s collection.
LiteratureSee Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, p.164, for variant III, type IV.
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