ROMAN SILVER RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING APOLLO

Ca. AD 50 - 200 A silver finger ring with tapering shoulders and a hoop of rounded section. The oval bezel holds a carnelian intaglio engraved with a standing figure of Apollo shown in profile with a mantle over one shoulder. Size: D:19.35mm / US: 9 1/2 / UK: S 1/2; Weight: 9.7g. Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was documented and authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr. Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery. A significant number of objects from this collection were published in a professional catalogue, a copy of which is available upon request. For similar see: The Michael C. Carlos Museum, Object Number 2008.031.312..

Stima:€238.78

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