Bidspirit auction | LATE ROMAN GOLD OPENWORK RING

LATE ROMAN GOLD OPENWORK RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF APOLLO - Ca. AD 400 - 500. A gold ring with a broad openwork hoop pierced with rows of small circular holes and decorated with a rosette motif. The high bezel has a fluted underside and a border of bosses framing a carnelian intaglio engraved with a profile portrait of Apollo wearing a laurel wreath. For similar see: The Classical Art Research Centre, Record Number: 40001355. Size: D:16.51mm / US: 6 / UK: L 1/2; Weight: 7.3g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly with F.A., Brussels; from a Belgian collection assembled between the early 1970s and early 1990s. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.