A ROMAN GOLD RING INSCRIBED "OMONOIA" (CONCORD/HARMONY)
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A ROMAN GOLD RING INSCRIBED "OMONOIA" (CONCORD/HARMONY)

2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN GOLD RING INSCRIBED "OMONOIA" (CONCORD/HARMONY)
2ND CENTURY A.D.
The tapering hoop broadening to an oval bezel inscribed with the Greek word "OMONOIA" over two lines
.5/8 in. (1.7 cm.) across inner hoop
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Cf. M. Henig, The Content Cameos, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1990, p. 28, nos 50-51; and Romans and Barbarians, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976, p. 179, no. 202 for cameo rings with the same inscription, "Omonoia or Concord was important to both the Greek and Roman worlds as the personification of agreement between individuals. At first, the goddess presided over the relations of cities and nations". Later, she came to symbolize marriage with cameos, in particular, often featuring two clasped hands as well as the inscription.

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