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LOT 1004
Roman Silver Ring with Apollo Gemstone
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (4.53 grams, 22.48 mm overall, 17.58 mm internal diameter (approximate size British H, USA 3 3/4, Europe 6.18, Japan 6)).
A round-section hoop expanding to broad shoulders, flat plaque with inset carnelian cloison, intaglio image of Apollo (Sol), cloaked, advancing with a patera in each hand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an important collection of jewellery formed over 40 years by a German collector.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 189.
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