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Two Roman gold and gem rings
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Two Roman gold and gem rings
one a child's ring, set with a carved cornelian intaglio, depicting a female Muse with lyre, 1st century A.D.; the other with cupped bezel set with a single polished amethyst bead to a tapering hoop, possibly 3rd century A.D. See plate 1 (2)
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For the first ring, cf. A.B. Chadour, Rings, the Alice and Louis Koch Collection,Leeds, 1994, Vol. I, p.46, no. 143, for similar bezel detail dating to the 1st century A.D.