Roman Military Ring with Scorpion Gemstone

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (4.31 grams, 21.20 mm overall, 17.45 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).

A bronze finger ring with inset carnelian gemstone, intaglio scorpion. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.

Footnotes

The ring could have belonged to a praetorian guardsman. The scorpion was one of the main symbols of the praetorian guard since the age of Augustus.

CONDITION

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