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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH INSECT GEMSTONE 4th century AD A gold ring comprising a flat-section hoop with segmented outer face, raised bezel with inset carnelian intaglio engraved with an ant. 4.86 grams, 23.89mm overall, 18.19mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16) (1"). Fine condition. £600 - 800 EUR 670 - 900 USD 820 - 1,090 121
Provenance From the collection of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 1970-1980. Literature Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 483, for type.
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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH MERCURY GEMSTONE 1st century AD A gold finger ring with twisted wire hoop supporting an oval-shaped bezel with a border of granulated beads, set with a cut and polished carnelian(?) gemstone with intaglio Mercury standing left, caduceus in right arm, coin purse (marsupium) in left. 2.17 grams, 19.98mm overall, 18.33mm internal diameter (approximate size British L, USA 5¾, Europe 11.24, Japan 10) (¾"). Very fine condition. £500 - 700 EUR 560 - 790 USD 680 - 960 Provenance Ex Mr L.W. in 2005; formerly in an old private Israeli collection, since the 1990s.
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Literature See Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Leeds, 1994, item 208, for type; cf. The British Museum, museum number 1923,0401.167, for a similar Hermes/Mercury stone; cf. Roberts, P., Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, London, 2013, p. 268, for an almost identical depiction of Mercury on a Roman gemstone.
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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH STANDING FEMALE GEMSTONE 4th-5th century AD A gold ring with clasped hands motif to the inside of the hoop, beast heads supporting a large oval bezel with raised rim, a tall carnelian cabochon with intaglio image of a standing robed female. 6.25 grams, 26.80mm overall, 20.44mm internal diameter (approximate size British P½, USA 7¾, Europe 16.86, Japan 16) (1"). Very fine condition. A large wearable size. £1,200 - 1,700 EUR 1,350 - 1,910 USD 1,640 - 2,320 Provenance Ex Abelita family collection, 1970s-2000s.
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Literature See Fulford, M.G., Burnett, A., Henig, M. and Johns, C., 'A Hoard of Late Roman Rings and Silver Coins from Silchester, Hampshire,' in Britannia, 20, pp. 219-228.
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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH VESSEL AND BIRDS GEMSTONE 3rd-4th century AD A gold ring with openwork hoop formed of two gold bands with granules, discoid oval bezel set with red jasper, intaglio image of a krater and an olive tree on a baseline, two doves seated on the rim of the krater. 4.73 grams, 22.41mm overall, 19.35mm internal diameter (approximate size British O½, USA 7¼, Europe 15.61, Japan 15) (1"). Very fine condition. £1,200 - 1,700 EUR 1,350 - 1,910 USD 1,640 - 2,320 Provenance From the collection of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 1970-1980.
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