Sale 9538
New York
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6 December 2000
Price realised
USD 2,820
Estimate
A ROMAN CARNELIAN RING STONE Circa Late 1st Century B.C. The convex oval stone engraved with a groom leading two horses by the reigns, a whip in his hand, a yoke angled behind the team, a wheel below; mounted as a ring in a modern gold setting ring size 6
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