Roman Bronze Ring with Artemis Bee

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (3.54 grams, 22.10 mm overall, 19.43 mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18)).

With ellipsoid bezel and lateral spurs, incuse image of a bee.

Provenance

From the collection of a High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman, circa 2000.

Literature

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 232.

Footnotes

The image of the bee was associated with various goddesses in the ancient world including Artemis and Melissa among the Greeks and Mellonia among the Romans.

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