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LOT 0673
Roman Silver Ring with Bust Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.92 grams, 25.80 mm overall, 20.28 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/2, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
With broad tapering plaque, inset carnelian intaglio of a profile bust; intaglio repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 221, for type.
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