LATE ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CABOCHONS

Ca. AD 400 - 500 A Late Roman gold finger ring composed of five inlaid cabochons of glass, garnets, and emeralds secured on the hoop with a flat section. The main decoration is a larger quartz cabochon. For similar, see: Byzantium and the West, jewellery from the First Millennium, n. 7.
Size: 2 1/2mm x Emm; Weight: 4g
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Gorny & Mosch, sale 150, 11 July, 2006, lot 189.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900