Roman gold ring with inscribed jasper intaglio
3rd-4th century AD
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Ring size: R
The octagonal shank is flat with sharply angled sides chamfered at the edges. A high, elongated octagonal bezel holds a yellow jasper stone in the form of a truncated eight-sided cone, the flat surface engraved in Greek.
Literature: For a silver ring with a similar octagonal hoop see F. H. Marshall, M.A., 'Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum' (London, 1907) p. 189, no. 1200, plate XXIX
Provenance: Private collection Germany
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3rd-4th century AD
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Ring size: R
The octagonal shank is flat with sharply angled sides chamfered at the edges. A high, elongated octagonal bezel holds a yellow jasper stone in the form of a truncated eight-sided cone, the flat surface engraved in Greek.
Literature: For a silver ring with a similar octagonal hoop see F. H. Marshall, M.A., 'Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum' (London, 1907) p. 189, no. 1200, plate XXIX
Provenance: Private collection Germany
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3rd-4th century AD
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Ring size: R
The octagonal shank is flat with sharply angled sides chamfered at the edges. A high, elongated octagonal bezel holds a yellow jasper stone in the form of a truncated eight-sided cone, the flat surface engraved in Greek.
Literature: For a silver ring with a similar octagonal hoop see F. H. Marshall, M.A., 'Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum' (London, 1907) p. 189, no. 1200, plate XXIX
Provenance: Private collection Germany