Roman Gold 'Constantino Fidem' Inscribed Military Ring

306-337 AD

1" (11 grams, 26mm overall, 22.65mm internal diameter (approximate size British Z+1 1/2, USA 13 1/4, Europe 31.19, Japan 30)).

A substantial flat-section hoop with rectangular plaque, inscribed to the outer face in capitals 'CONSTANTINO' and to the plaque 'FIDEM' (loyalty to Constantine).

Provenance

From an important London collection, acquired in the 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Spier, J. Treasures of the Ferrell Collection, Wiesbaden, 2010, p.8 and similar example found at Amiens, France, and acquired by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; acquisition no. GR.1.1975, and another acquired by the British Museum under reference 1917,0501.649.

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LOT 0733

Roman Gold 'Constantino Fidem' Inscribed Military Ring

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,719

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