ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CUPID CARNELIAN INTAGLIO
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Ca. 100-300 AD A gold ring comprising a slender hoop with scooped shoulders, supporting raised bezel inset with carnelian intaglio engraved with a Cupid. For similar intaglio see G.M.A. Richter, Catalogue of the engraved gems. Greek, Etruscan and Roman. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Plate XLII. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. Size: D: 18.61mm / US: 8 5/8 / UK: R; 7.79g Provenance: Formerly in a collection of W. Victor Hruby, 1984.
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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CUPID CARNELIAN INTAGLIO
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