A GREEK GOLD AND BRONZE FINGER RING
A GREEK GOLD AND BRONZE FINGER RING

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK GOLD AND BRONZE FINGER RING
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
The gold hoop round on the exterior, faceted on the interior, expanding at the shoulders to the broad oval bezel, set with a bronze cameo portrait of a Hellenistic ruler in profile to the left, wearing a fillet in his mass of curly locks, the ties hanging below, with a straight prominent nose and protruding chin, his chlamys pinned to his left shoulder
1 3/16 in. (3 cm.) long; ring size 8¼
Provenance
Eastern European Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s.

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