Roman Bronze Ring with FELIX and Gammadion

4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (8.11 grams, 24.40 mm overall, 18.18 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).

Tiered disc bezel with central gammadion within a ring, surrounded by '+F+E+L+I+X' legend (in Latin, 'happy' or 'fortunate'). [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

The ring was probably a gift to wish happiness and good luck, the inscription being a short form of 'utere felix'.

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