Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Volume XXVI - 2015

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147 ROMAN SILVER FINGER RING WITH AN OVAL CARNELIAN INTAGLIO with a bucolic scene with a shepherd, nanny goats, the moon, a star, and trees. 2nd-3rd Century AD. Circumference ca. 1 7/8 in. (48 mm ) Ex Bavarian private collection, 1965-2010. 148 ROMAN SILVER RING INSCRIBED WITH A BUST OF THE EMPEROR ZENO (AD 474 - 491) facing right, draped and cuirassed and wearing a diadem; split on either side: the inscription ZENO P-ERP NC. Ca. AD. 474-491. Rare. Circumference ca. 2 3/8 in. (61 mm ) Ex private German collection, acquired in the 1990s. 149 GREEK BRONZE RING WITH AN ENGRAVED APHRODITE CROWNED BY EROS The goddess seated upon a stool, facing left, wears a long chiton. In front of her face flutters the winged Eros about to set a laurel crown on her head. Ca. 4th Century BC. Circumference: 2 in. (54 mm); Size 6.5. Ex American private collection, acquired in 1985. 150 ROMAN BRONZE RING WITH A WHITE ON BLUE CAMEO GLASS EROS seated and playing a lyre. The glass is an imitation of nicolo (blue onyx). 1st-2nd Century AD. The size of the cameo is 1 cm x 1.3 cm, the diameter of the ring is 11/16 in. (18 mm.); size 8.5. Ex German private collection, acquired in 1995.

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