Lotto 212 | A LATE ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A GARNET INTAGLIO. GRASSHOPPER FACING LEFT. 

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A LATE ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A GARNET INTAGLIO. GRASSHOPPER FACING LEFT. 

A LATE ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A GARNET INTAGLIO. GRASSHOPPER FACING LEFT. 

3rd-4th century A.D.

Stone 9x11 mm; 6,66 gr; int. size 19x20 mm

Gold finger-ring; hoop composed of beaded wires saldered together; at the shoulders, they branch out; the spaces thus left are filled with wire spirals; the bezel is in the form of an oval box-setting containing a garnet intaglio depicting a grasshopper facing left. Wear marks.

For a similar typology see: British Museum, inv. 1917,0501.653

Provenance: U.K. private collection