Imperial Roman Solid Gold Ring with a Hellenistic Garnet Intaglio

of a bearded philosopher or individual

(gem) 2nd - 1st Centuries BC, set in a later Roman wide-shouldered ring

U.S. ring size: 5.5

#2366

ex: private European collection, 1998.

Published: Antiquarium, Ltd.; Ancient Jewelry. Wearable Antiquity (Holiday Postcard) (New York, 1998)
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Comparanda: Zwierlein-Diehl, Erica ; Die Antiken Gemmen des Kunsthitorisches Museums in Wien. Bd.1: Die Gemmen von der Minoischen Zeit bis zur fruhen Romishcen Kaiserzeit (Munich, 1973) p.119, no.343, pl.59; pp.156-157, no.510, pl.85
Vollenweider, Marie-Louise ; Camees et Intailles. pt. 2 Les Portraits Romains du Cabinet des Medailles (Paris, 2003) “Philosophes et Artisans” esp. 226,232,234,238-39, 244, 257-58, 261