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LOT 0645
Roman Silver Ring with Fly Gemstone
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
1 in. (17.26 grams, 26.69 mm overall, 19.90 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
With later rounded plaque and inset jasper stud with intaglio fly motif.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 194, for type.
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