COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE RINGS WITH INTAGLIOS

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A collection of three bronze rings with intaglios, including, from left to right: a ring with a solid hoop and an oval bezel set with a dark red intaglio engraved with a standing draped figure; a ring with a flattened hoop broadening to an oval bezel housing a red intaglio cut with a radiate motif; and a slender ring with a bezel holding a domed red intaglio incised with a simple emblem. For similar see: J. Bagot, El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 494, 498. Size: D:16.71-18.34mm / US: 6 1/4-8 1/4 / UK: M-Q; Weight: 12g Provenance: From an old British collection formed in the 1990s; previously acquired in Vienna.