Lotto 240 | A late roman gold ring set with an onyx stone.

Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey

A late roman gold ring set with an onyx stone.

A late roman gold ring set with an onyx stone.

3rd - 4th century A.D.

Stone : 10 x 10 mm
ring : 21 x 19 mm
7,4 g

With a hoop composed of three wires, the central one ciseled ending with two granules on each terminall. The rounded-shape bezel is set with an oblong onyx.
A similar example is conserved in the Bristish Museum, London, from the Castellani coll.1872.

Parallels :
Marshall, F.H., 1968, n° 781

U.K private collection