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Lot 86

A Roman carnelian intaglio ringstone

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

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A Roman carnelian intaglio ringstone
Circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
The oval intaglio engraved with a grazing horse in profile, set in a antique gold stud, 18mm width of the stud

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Provenance:
Property from a Dutch private Collection, The Netherlands, formed in the 1960s-70s.
Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1962, lot 145.

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