RING WITH PORTRAIT OF SERAPIS
Roman art, 3rd... Lot 33
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RING WITH PORTRAIT OF SERAPIS
Roman art, 3rd - 4th century
Solid gold; TD 58; 22 g
Provenance
Former private collection, Paris
A roman massive gold ring with an engraved portrait of Serapis.
With angular hoop made of volutes and acanthus motif, and broad shoulders.
Surmounted by an hexagonal box set with a very high conical bezel, the flat surface engraved with a portrait of the god Serapis in profile towards left. For a similar typology see British Museum, inv. 1923,0401.195.
Ca. 3rd - 4th century A.D.
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