Roman Sea Creature Gemstone in Gold Ring
2nd-3rd century AD. An agate cloison, intaglio dolphin, prawn and fish, set into a later gold finger ring with trumpet-shaped shoulder and ribbed panel below. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 349, for type. 6.80 grams, 23.26mm overall, 18.45mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15) (1"). From the property of an Essex private collector; acquired in the early 1990s.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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2nd-3rd century AD. An agate cloison, intaglio dolphin, prawn and fish, set into a later gold finger ring with trumpet-shaped shoulder and ribbed panel below. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 349, for type. 6.80 grams, 23.26mm overall, 18.45mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15) (1"). From the property of an Essex private collector; acquired in the early 1990s.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
