Sasanian Gold Ring

set with a Roman intaglio of a youthful male

ring: 5th c. AD, intaglio: 2nd-3rd C. AD

U.S. ring size: 8.5

#2614

ex: European collection, before 1999

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; The Good Life. Luxury Objects of the Ancient World (New York, 1999) p.23

Comparandum: Bivar, A.D.H.; Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum. v.2, pt.2: Stamp Seals. The Sassanian Dynasty (London, 1969) p.72, pl.10 nos. DE 1-6