A large late roman gilted bronze ring set with a glass paste.

1st century B.C.

Glass : 13 x 15 mmring : 21 x 16 mm17,36 g

Oval hoop, convex without, concave within. It broadens out widely at the head. The bezel is in the form of a raised gold hollow disk soldered to the head of the ring, with a glass.

Parallel: Antiken Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen, Band. IV, T.36, n°236, inv. K 1349

U.K private collection

Estimate: GBP 800 - 1200