For the type Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger) based on a statue of the God in the Roman Forum, cf. Oval bezel with carnelian intaglio showing a lion walking to left. The gem dates earlier than the ring, 3 rd century AD. A slightly earlier parallel is in the Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Swiss National Museum, Zurich (Chadour 1994, vol. The Romans always took geese on their expeditions for food but also to act as a warning, so this little Roman intaglio is a talisman. London: British Museums Publications, 1983, nos.

The Thetford Treasure Roman Jewellery and Silver. Roman Agate Intaglio Rabbit Ring This product is currently sold out. Two comparable rings are dated 4 th century AD and described as a “basket pattern” (Catherine Johns and Timothy Potter. Similar filigree rings found in Roman Britain of foremost importance are the examples in the late Roman hoard from near Thetford, in Norfolk, today in the British Museum, London. The style of the ring conforms with the ornate designs and ostentatious display of jewelry typical of the late Roman period. CROSSES ATTRIBUTES TERRACOTTA RINGS / ROMAN RINGS. STAR WARS RINGS HARRY POTTER SQUID GAME USA COINS STATUES PENDANT. Every prominent Roman would wear an intaglio ring, usually set in gold, which he’d use as a seal on documents. The finely cut and detailed intaglio of Mars, the god of war, agriculture, and the protector of Rome, must have had a personal significance for the wearer. LEGIO RINGS ROMAN RINGS INTAGLIO RING THEME RINGS. The materials used for Roman intaglios differed little from the earlier Hellenistic period, with a great variety of coloured translucent stones coming from the East and Egypt including garnets, carnelian and amethyst. These support an oval closed setting with scalloped border inset with a nicolo intaglio that depicts a standing figure of Mars wearing helmet and holding a shield and lance. A finely modelled Ancient Roman gold finger ring, featuring a D-shaped hoop and an oval bezel, set with a garnet cabochon stone. Spirals of rounded wire and globules infill the shoulders. A central beaded wire forms the central part of the hoop and in the lower half is accompanied by two slightly varied beaded wires which then fork at the shoulders. This deceptively heavy gold ring consists of a hoop made of filigree wires.

Roman intaglio ring