ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF NEPTUNE RIDING SEAHORSE AND DOLPHINS IN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING

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Ca. 100 BC - AD 100. A carnelian intaglio engraved with Neptune riding a seahorse, with dolphins below, set in a possibly later gold ring with a broad oval bezel and a twisted hoop. Size: D:17.32mm / US: 7 / UK: N 1/2; Weight: 2.4g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr. Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery. A significant number of objects from this collection were also published in a professional catalogue.

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