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LOT 1767
Roman Style Gold Ring with Green Gemstone
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.53 grams, 24.00 mm overall, 17.60 x 13.65 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)).
With carinated hoop developing to a flat plaque with scroll detailing to the outer edges; central inset ellipsoid green cloison. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceBelieved to be from a private USA collection.
Acquired prior to the 1990s.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 410, for type.
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