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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A SASANIAN BANDED AGATE RING STONE
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone engraved with a man wearing a belted tunic, shouldering a ram, his body depicted frontally, his head turned in profile to the left, the scene framed on either side by an inscription; mounted as a ring in a modern gold setting
11/16 in. (1.8 cm.) long; ring size 11
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
The flat oval stone engraved with a man wearing a belted tunic, shouldering a ram, his body depicted frontally, his head turned in profile to the left, the scene framed on either side by an inscription; mounted as a ring in a modern gold setting
11/16 in. (1.8 cm.) long; ring size 11
Provenance
American Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s.