Bidspirit auction | ROMAN INSCRIBED HIGH KARAT GOLD

ROMAN INSCRIBED HIGH KARAT GOLD RING - Ca. AD 1 - 300 A gold ring with a broad rectangular bezel engraved with a two-line inscription in neatly cut capital letters. The bezel is integral to a flat-section band of polygonal profile. Size: D:13.67mm / US: 2 1/2 / UK: E; Weight: 13g. Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was documented and 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 published in a professional catalogue, a copy of which is available upon request. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.