ID 859540
Lot 111 | A ROMAN GARNET RINGSTONE WITH A HERM HEAD OF HYPNOS
Valeur estimée
£ 8 000 – 12 000
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
9/16 in. (1.5 cm.) long
Provenance
said to be from Taranto.
?Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Literature
J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 152, no. 139.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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