ROMAN SILVER RING

ROMAN SILVER RING

Orange red jasper stone engraved with the figure of goddess Athena/Minerva standing to the right, clad in long dress, helmeted and holding a spear in her left hand, resting her right hand on a shield

Ex priv. coll. M.v.S., Netherlands 2005

Diam. inner ring 17 mm; outer side 20 x 25 mm. Nice toning. Intact

Cf. A. Krug, Antike Gemmen im Römisch-Germanischen Museum, Köln, Taf. 104, 260, 262 und Taf. 105, 263; G. Sena Chiesa, Gemme del Museo Nazionale di Aquileia, 1966, tav. VII, nos. 132-133

1st – 2nd cent. AD