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LOT 0170
Roman Solid Gold Ring with Dotted Bezel
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (5.97 grams, 23.03 mm overall, 16.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4)).
With facetted shank and fluted shoulders, rectangular bezel with outer bands and central plaque bearing two lines of impressed points.
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
LiteratureCf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 180; Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 272, for type.
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