Lot Essay
For a similar ring cf. F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Finger Rings Greek, Etruscan and Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1908, no. 272.
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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GOLD MARRIAGE FINGER RING
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
With broad flat hoop, the oval bezel decorated with the standing figures of a man and woman, their hands clasped for the ceremony of joining hands at a marriage, within beaded wire border
¾ in. (2 cm.) across hoop
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
With broad flat hoop, the oval bezel decorated with the standing figures of a man and woman, their hands clasped for the ceremony of joining hands at a marriage, within beaded wire border
¾ in. (2 cm.) across hoop
Provenance
Private collection, Bavaria, Germany, since the 1980s.
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