ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CABOCHON AND FOUR STONES Lot n° 416

Ca. AD 100 - 300. A Roman gold ring of a slender and thin band with a pronounced central ridge on the outside. The bezel is composed of a central circular setting, adorned with a garnet cabochon. Surrounding the central gem are four inlaid square-shaped cells. For similar see: Byzantium and the West: jewellery in the first Millennium fig. 4. Size: D:14.48mm / US: 3 1/4 / UK: G; Weight: 1g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.