A ROMAN GOLD AND BLACK JASPER RING
A ROMAN GOLD AND BLACK JASPER RING

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A ROMAN GOLD AND BLACK JASPER RING
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

The hollow ring with a plain hoop, round in section, tapering to an oval bezel set with a black jasper gem engraved with a profile radiate draped bust of Alexander the Great wearing the horns of Ammon, his hair arranged in characteristic anastole, with unruly curls at the back of his head