Beschreibung:

ROMAN GOLD RING WITH PORTRAIT CAMEO CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. 3/4 in. (5.03 grams, 20.13 mm overall, 15.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5)). Openwork heart-shaped shoulders and reef-knot to the underside, ellipsoid cell with inset cameo. PROVENANCE: Acquired in the 1980s. American private collection. with Bonhams, London, 23 October 2013, lot 163. Accompanied by a previous dealer's catalogue and price card (£3,750.00). This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.203078. LITERATURE: Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 208, for type. CONDITION