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HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK GOLD FINGER RING
hellenistic period, circa 2nd century b.c.
The heavy, cast ring with a thick hoop, semi-circular in section, expanding at the shoulders, the oval bezel engraved with the goddess Tyche standing on the blade of a steering oar, its hooked handle in one hand, a cornucopia in the crook of her right arm, wearing a chiton with a himation wrapped around her hips and over one shoulder and fore-arm, her hair arranged in a chignon, with tendrils falling to her shoulders, the frontlet in her hair either the Isis crown of horns and disk or a flower
size 7.5
hellenistic period, circa 2nd century b.c.
The heavy, cast ring with a thick hoop, semi-circular in section, expanding at the shoulders, the oval bezel engraved with the goddess Tyche standing on the blade of a steering oar, its hooked handle in one hand, a cornucopia in the crook of her right arm, wearing a chiton with a himation wrapped around her hips and over one shoulder and fore-arm, her hair arranged in a chignon, with tendrils falling to her shoulders, the frontlet in her hair either the Isis crown of horns and disk or a flower
size 7.5
Provenance
The Ralph Harari Collection
Literature
Boardman and Scarisbrick, The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, no. 15.
Exhibited
The Ralph Harari Collection of Finger Rings, June 1976, S.J. Phillips, London, no. 15.