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A ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO RING<br />

Circa 2nd Century A.D.<br />

The solid-cast gold hoop set with an oval gem, finely carved with a deer<br />

grazing, with long branched horns, 14mm width of intaglio, ring size ‘S’<br />

Provenance: German private collection of Mr V.K., Munich, acquired<br />

prior 2000.<br />

£2,000-£3,000<br />

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A GOLD AND CARNELIAN INTAGLIO RING<br />

The hollow-cast hoop set with an oval gem engraved with a female<br />

profile portrait bust, ring size ‘O’, 19mm length of intaglio<br />

Provenance: English private collection, acquired at a regional auction<br />

house in the early 2000s.<br />

£200-£300<br />

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A ROMAN GOLD, GARNET AND GLASS RING<br />

Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.<br />

With a flat hoop and triple bezel with two garnets and a central blue<br />

glass gem, ring size ‘M’<br />

Provenance: German private collection of Mr V.K., Munich, acquired<br />

prior 2000.<br />

£450-£550<br />

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A COLLECTION OF GLASS AND HARDSTONE BEADS<br />

Including a selection of Roman, Islamic and African trade glass beads;<br />

Mesopotamian and Ancient Near Eastern banded agate beads; small<br />

Sasanian carnelian seal engraved with a winged horse; an Islamic<br />

carnelian seal with script; four necklaces composed of Egyptian<br />

turquoise glazed composition tubular and mummy beads and red coral<br />

beads, and an Egyptian terracotta mould; a large number of Idar-<br />

Oberstein carnelian trade faceted beads (a lot)<br />

Provenance: English private collection, Mr & Mrs Balfour-Paul, acquired<br />

whilst working in the Middle East between the 1960s and the early<br />

1970s.<br />

£200-£300<br />

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