Code: 12610
This ancient Roman gold gem set ring dates to the 2nd - 3rd century AD. It is mounted with its original pale green cabochon stone. Gold finger rings of this form can be well paralleled in the Roman period by third-century AD finger rings of Henig type VIII (Henig 1978, 38-39).
OBJECT: Finger Ring
CULTURE: Roman
DATE: c. 2nd - 3rd century AD
MATERIAL: Gold
RING SIZE: 2 3/4 (US) E 1/2 (UK)
SIZE: 17mm x 17.5mm x 1.1mm (bezel 7mm x 4.2mm 3.9mm)
WEIGHT: 1.39 grams
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a European private collection, Troyes, France
