Roman silver-plated iron and silver ring
2nd-3rd century AD
Ring size: R
The stirrup-shaped ring with narrow hoop of semicircular section with an oval silver bezel engraved with a bust of Helios in left profile between two standing draped female figures, each holding a staff in one hand and holding a patera over a central altar with the other.
Condition:
Intact. Areas of corrosion to iron and loss/darkening of silver-plating.
Literature: For an intaglio with a similar bust of Helios, see British Museum acc. no. 1987,0212.119; and for a ring set with a bezel of a different metal, see British Museum acc. no. 1917,0501.1455
Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs S. Broukal, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956, and thence by descent.
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2nd-3rd century AD
Ring size: R
The stirrup-shaped ring with narrow hoop of semicircular section with an oval silver bezel engraved with a bust of Helios in left profile between two standing draped female figures, each holding a staff in one hand and holding a patera over a central altar with the other.
Condition:
Intact. Areas of corrosion to iron and loss/darkening of silver-plating.
Literature: For an intaglio with a similar bust of Helios, see British Museum acc. no. 1987,0212.119; and for a ring set with a bezel of a different metal, see British Museum acc. no. 1917,0501.1455
Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs S. Broukal, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956, and thence by descent.
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2nd-3rd century AD
Ring size: R
The stirrup-shaped ring with narrow hoop of semicircular section with an oval silver bezel engraved with a bust of Helios in left profile between two standing draped female figures, each holding a staff in one hand and holding a patera over a central altar with the other.
Condition:
Intact. Areas of corrosion to iron and loss/darkening of silver-plating.
Literature: For an intaglio with a similar bust of Helios, see British Museum acc. no. 1987,0212.119; and for a ring set with a bezel of a different metal, see British Museum acc. no. 1917,0501.1455
Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs S. Broukal, formed in the 1950s, in the UK since 1956, and thence by descent.