Roman Gold Marriage Ring with 'Dextrarum Iunctio' Cameo

3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (6.81 grams, 27.53 mm overall, 22.01 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21)).

With hoop formed as three rods, the outer one beaded, paired granules to the shoulders, an elliptical bezel with beaded wire border, set with an onyx cameo with clasped hands above the Greek term 'HOMONOIA' (concord).

Provenance

Ex Swiss collection.
with St Paul's Auction, Sale 1, no.145.
Private collection, England.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13111-249496.

Literature

See Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 187, for discussion of 'clasped hands' motif in Roman contexts, introduced from the Eastern Empire.

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