ROMAN GOLD RING WITH STANDING GENIUS INTAGLIO
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Ca. 100-300 AD.A gold finger ring with a thin circular hoop expanding to shoulders with incised decoration, and a raised elliptical bezel with a red gemstone setting incised with a motif of a winged genius holding a bow. In Roman religion, genius is the individual divinity present in every individual person, place, or thing. Like a guardian angel, the genius would follow each man from the hour of his birth until the day he died.Size: D: 18.8mm / US: 8 7/8 / UK: R1/2; 10.73gProvenance: From the private collection of Mr. R. Unger; previously with a London gallery; acquired in the 1970s on the UK art market.
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ROMAN GOLD RING WITH STANDING GENIUS INTAGLIO
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