Large Roman Bronze Signet Ring Bezel of Queen Berenike

3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (14 grams, 25 mm).

Discoid bezel from a finger ring with intaglio profile female bust with hair drawn back in a chignon; possibly based on a design for Queen Berenike.

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 363, for type.

CONDITION

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