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LOT 0735
Roman Silver Ring with Advancing Bull Gemstone
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.62 grams, 26.05 mm overall, 20.85 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).
With a later inset jasper cloison, intaglio advancing bull motif.
ProvenanceAcquired between the 1960s-early 1990s.
From an old UK private collector from Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
Property of K.P., a Cornish lady collector, UK.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 190, for type.
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