MASSIVE ROMAN SILVER INTAGLLIO RING WITH ELEPHANT
Ca. 100-300 AD.
A solid silver ring featuring a tapered band with ribbed features to the shoulders. The bezel is set with a carnelian intaglio engraved with an elephant. Normally elephants on Roman jewellery refer to Alexander the Great and his conquest of India.
Size: D: 17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; 22.58g
Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s.
Estimate: GBP 450 - 900