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Lot 238 - Auction 86

A late roman gold ring set with a shappire and two garnets.4th century A.D.Dim : 21 x 29 mm ring : 20 x 22 mm 11,20 gDouble rounded hoop, ... Read more
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3.800,00 GBP
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Description

A late roman gold ring set with a shappire and two garnets.

4th century A.D.

Dim : 21 x 29 mm
ring : 20 x 22 mm
11,20 g

Double rounded hoop, the ends of which forming spirals with a spherical bead in the center and soldered to the central of three box-settings, fastened together with three globule between each. The central setting is oval and has a sapphire. The two other settings have cabochon garnets.
A very similar example is conserved in Palazzo Massimo, Rome, and found in a roman marble sarcophagus.

Parallels :
Marshall, F.H., 1968, n° 853

European private collection 80's.

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