Roman Gold Ring with Head of Roma Garnet Gemstone

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (4.50 grams, 24.32 mm overall, 20.69 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).

With a grooved hoop, round bezel with flared rim, set with a cabochon engraved with profile bust of Roma wearing a crested helmet.

Provenance

Acquired from London galleries during the 1990s.
From the jewellery collection of a London, UK, gentleman.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12110-214298.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 162, for type, with a similar profile view of a stylised female head.

Footnotes

Both the ring and the gem show characteristic compatible with 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. dating. Some scholars identify the female head with a theatre mask, but here the strong profile and the helmet points to the goddess Rome, a divine personification of the eternal city.

CONDITION

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