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LOT 0767
Roman Silver Ring with Silenus Head Gemstone
2ND CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (6.19 grams, 21 mm).
With applied jasper stud bearing an intaglio profile bust of Silenus; hoop incomplete. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, England.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 195, for type.
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