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]

Provenance

Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 221, for type.

CONDITION

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