AN ETRUSCAN CORNELIAN AND SILVER SWIVEL RING

4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN CORNELIAN AND SILVER SWIVEL RING
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The scaraboid intaglio engraved with naked male figure, perhaps Apollo, leaning against an Ionic column and holding a wreath, 1.7 cm. interior diam.; a silver ring with green glass inlay; a Hellenistic bronze and green glass ring, the encrusted bronze hoop with modern sheet silver inlay around the interior, large oval bezel inset with domed green glass inlay, 2nd-1st Century B.C., 1.5 cm. interior diam. max.; and an Islamic bronze ring with four raised oval bosses, engraved with incised hatching, 14th Century A.D., 2 cm. interior diam. (4)

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