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Roman Silver Ring with Portrait Gemstone Roman Silver Ring with Portrait Gemstone Roman Silver Ring with Portrait Gemstone
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LOT 0669

Roman Silver Ring with Portrait Gemstone

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND LATER

1 in. (8.75 grams, 23.88 mm overall, 16.17 mm internal diameter (approximate size British F, USA 2 3/4, Europe 3.67, Japan 3)).

With pointed angles to the plaque, stepped cell with inset later carnelian intaglio profile portrait bust.

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 353.

CONDITION
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LOT 0669

Roman Silver Ring with Portrait Gemstone

Sold for (Inc. bp): £624

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