Roman Gold Ring with Gemstone of Silenus

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (2.58 grams, 22.25 mm overall, 18.29 x 17.68 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).

Comprising a flat-section facetted hoop with a raised collet set with a red carnelian intaglio showing the profile head of Silenus; the intaglio is of the 1st century and set in a 3rd-century ring.

Provenance

Private collection, London.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13534-263674.

Literature

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 217.

Footnotes

The ring belongs to the type VI, variant 1, of Ruseva-Slokoska classification of Roman gold rings. Polygonal-ellipsoid hoops with sectoral planes cut on the outside of the massive hoop, widening and thickening towards the shoulders, are typical of the 3rd century A.D.

CONDITION

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LOT 0152