Pawned For £2O, May Be Worth £1,000,000
An emerald ring, pawned at Buffalo 20 years ago for less than. £2O, may prove to be a £1,'000,000 Roman gem. The pawnshop owner, Helen Kline, says the five-carat emerald bears the images of Christ, St. Peter and St. Paul,
Experts believe it is the work of Publius Lentulus, jeweller to the Emperor Tiberius Caesar. The Vatican possesses a Lentulus ring which it values at. £500,000.
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Northern Advocate, 22 December 1939, Page 2
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