Roman Gold Ring with Hippocampus Gemstone
3rd century AD. A gold finger ring comprising a hoop with central ribbed band and flanking twisted filigree wires, flared shoulders with s-coiled filigree panels and central granules, ellipsoid plaque with twisted wire collar, inset red jasper cloison, intaglio hippocampus between fish. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 414 for type. 6.39 grams, 23mm overall, 17.36mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 7, Europe 14.51, Japan 14) (1"). Property of a European gentleman; formerly in a German private collection formed in the 1950-1970s.
Very fine condition.
Estimate: 1000 - 1400