Bidspirit auction | HELLENISTIC GOLD RING WITH ALEXANDER

HELLENISTIC GOLD RING WITH ALEXANDER THE GREAT AS HERAKLES - Ca. 300 - 100 BC. A gold ring with a slender hoop expanding to an oval bezel engraved with the head of Alexander the Great depicted as Herakles, with the lion's mane around the face and over the brow, and the lion skin tied below the neck. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.132.1. Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 7.6g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier part of a UK ancient art collection dating to the early 2000s; prior ownership with G.M. pre-1996. The XRF analyses performed demonstrate that the compositional profile of the metal is consistent with, and technically compatible with, documented metallic compositions of objects from the attributed historical period, thereby providing substantial material support for the object’s authenticity. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.