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LOT 0977
Roman Triple-Hooped Gold Ring with Sapphire and Other Gems
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (2.77 grams, 16.04 mm overall, 14.12 x 11.57 mm internal diameter (approximate size British D, USA 1 3/4, Europe 1.15, Japan 1)).
Broad hoop divided by slits into three panels, each with triangular granule clusters to the shoulders flanking a low cell with inset sapphire, red and green glass. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 252, for type.
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LOT 0977
Roman Triple-Hooped Gold Ring with Sapphire and Other Gems
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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