Bidspirit auction | Roman Gold Ring with Hippocampus

Roman Gold Ring with Hippocampus Gemstone - 3rd century AD A gold finger ring comprising a hoop with central ribbed band and flanking twisted filigree wires, flared shoulders with s-coiled filigree panels and central granules, ellipsoid plaque with twisted wire collar, inset red jasper cloison, intaglio hippocampus between fish. 6.39 grams, 23mm overall, 17.36mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 7, Europe 14.51, Japan 14) (1”). Very fine condition. Provenance Property of a European gentleman; formerly in a German private collection formed in the 1950-1970s. Literature Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 414 for type.