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EASTERN ROMAN GILT-BRONZE RING WITH GARNET INTAGLIO OF A BUT…
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Estimate £450 - £900
Voluntary lot
Description
EASTERN ROMAN GILT-BRONZE RING WITH GARNET INTAGLIO OF A BUTTERFLY AND LETTERS.
Ca. AD 300 - 500.
A gilt-bronze ring with a carinated hoop, stepped shoulders and an elongated navette-shaped bezel with tiered borders, set with a garnet intaglio engraved with a butterfly framed by four letters at cardinal points.
For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 2010,5006.1590.
Size: D:17.12mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N; Weight: 7g
Provenance: Private London collection; previously from a Belgian collection formed during the 1980s–1990s.
About the sale
FINE ANCIENT JEWELLERY AND BEADS - THE PRINCE COLLECTION
Auction location
Auction time
06/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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