Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring
Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring

Roman Gold and Carnelian Intaglio Ring

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Eastern Mediterranean, dating from the 1st to 3rd century AD.
A slender, solid gold hoop of Henkel Type III form with rounded shoulders that smoothly expand into an integrated, pointed-oval bezel. Set flush within the bezel is an oval, translucent deep reddish-orange carnelian intaglio engraved with a classical bust of Minerva (the Roman counterpart to Athena), the revered goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and crafts. Shown in profile facing left, the deity is depicted draped at the neck and wearing a high-crested Corinthian helmet, with delicate locks of hair escaping beneath the visor and nape. When pressed into wax or clay, the seal impression reveals the goddess facing right in crisp, three-dimensional relief, exhibiting fine anatomical contours and stylized plume detailing characteristic of Imperial provincial glyptic workshops.

Measuring approximately 7/8 inches (2.22 cm, with an internal width of 0.67 inches / 1.7 cm), weighing 4.42 grams, and sized at a US 3.25. The ring survives completely intact and in an exceptional state of preservation, displaying rich, lustrous high-karat gold surfaces with gentle ancient softening, minor earth deposits around the bezel rim, and fine, undisturbed detail to the intaglio carving.

Provenance: German private collection, formed prior to the 1980s

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