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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
A ROMAN GOLD AND BANDED AGATE FINGER RING
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
The hoop rounded on the exterior, flat on the interior, the high oval bezel set with a flat stone engraved with Venus in three quarter back view, depicted nude but for a mantle draped over her left arm and around her leg, holding the armaments of Mars, a filleted spear in her right hand and in her left holding the tip of a sheathed sword, the baldric dangling over Cupid's head, the paunchy nude boy bending back and presenting a helmet to her
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) wide; ring size 8
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
The hoop rounded on the exterior, flat on the interior, the high oval bezel set with a flat stone engraved with Venus in three quarter back view, depicted nude but for a mantle draped over her left arm and around her leg, holding the armaments of Mars, a filleted spear in her right hand and in her left holding the tip of a sheathed sword, the baldric dangling over Cupid's head, the paunchy nude boy bending back and presenting a helmet to her
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) wide; ring size 8
Provenance
with Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva, late 1980s.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
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