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LOT 0914
Roman Silver Ring with Horse Gemstone
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (8.55 grams, 23.94 mm overall, 15.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British E 1/2, USA 2 1/2, Europe 3, Japan 3)).
Hoop with rounded shoulders set with jasper intaglio of a horse advancing on a baseline; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceUK private collection since 1956.
Formed in the 1950s by Mr and Mrs S. Broukal, thence by descent.
Private collection, England.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 268, for type.
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