Roman Silver Ring with Priest in Temple

CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (3.26 grams, 20.64 mm overall, 18.22 x 17.03 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).

Plain hoop with raised bezel, incuse image of a figure within an arch on steps and robed priest or supplicant to the side.

Provenance

Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 231, for an earlier example of the type.

CONDITION

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The Kal Noselson Collection

LOT 1146