![Roman ring depicting a palm branch: ITEM: Ring depicting a palm branch MATERIAL: Gold CULTURE: Roman PERIOD: 1st - 3rd Century A.D DIMENSIONS: 17 mm diameter, 1,7 gr CONDITION: Good condition PROVENANCE: Ex Dutch privat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742449_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
Ancient Greek & Roman Rings
![Roman ring depicting a palm branch: ITEM: Ring depicting a palm branch MATERIAL: Gold CULTURE: Roman PERIOD: 1st - 3rd Century A.D DIMENSIONS: 17 mm diameter, 1,7 gr CONDITION: Good condition PROVENANCE: Ex Dutch privat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742449_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Greek ring depicting goddess Nike: ITEM: Ring depicting goddess Nike MATERIAL: Bronze CULTURE: Greek, Hellenistic period PERIOD: 3rd - 1st Century B.C DIMENSIONS: 16 mm x 12 mm CONDITION: Good condition PROVENANCE: Ex](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742544_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring: Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/332627/179633344_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718140915)
![Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring: Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/332627/179633359_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718140915)
![Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring: Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/332627/179633341_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718140915)
![Roman ring depicting an animal: ITEM: Ring depicting an animal MATERIAL: Bronze CULTURE: Roman PERIOD: 3rd - 5th Century A.D DIMENSIONS: 20 mm x 30 mm CONDITION: Good condition PROVENANCE: Ex Austrian private collec](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742504_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring: Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/332627/179633358_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718140915)
![Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring: Ancient Greek Roman Classical Period Bronze Ring](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6733/332627/179633357_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718140915)
![Roman Gold Ring w/ Carnelian Intaglio of Goddess: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous ring of circular form, made from 92.18% gold, that is set with an ovoid carnelian intaglio. Incised atop the carnelian is an image of a ri](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080813_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![ROMAN PROSTITUTE'S RING C.100-300 AD, SIZE 2: Gilt bronze, size 2 for wear on the small finger between the first and second joints as was the custom. 2.9mm rounded face band with the thickened bottom in the Roman taste. Rounded rectangular bezel](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982138_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![ROMAN RING C.4th-6th CENTURY AD, SIZE 5 3/4: Size 5 3/4, oval form, gilt bronze with 2.0mm rounded face band flaring slightly to the shoulders. Lenticular bezel with flat face inscribed with a patter, perhaps a bird. Probably a signet ring. Surf](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982290_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![FINE ROMAN RING C.4th-6th CENTURY AD, SIZE 5 1/2: Size 5 1/2 oval form, gilt bronze with 3.8 mm ridged face band flaring to the shoulders. The bottom with broad thickened band in the Roman taste. Raised lenticular bezel with flat face inscribed with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982242_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![GREEK/BALKAN BETROTHAL RING, 18TH-19TH CENTURY, SIZE 10: A well known type said to confer the promise, by a soldier being sent to a distant war, of faithfulness to this betrothed. See Ancient Rings, Pollio, p.137 for an identical example. Size 10 with 3.4mm](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982243_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![ROMAN SIGNET RING, 1ST-3RD C. AD, SIZE 7 1/4: Gilt bronze, size 7 1/4 with deeply rounded band, 2.3mm thick. Raised rectangular bezel with three transverse cuts serving as a signet to identify the wearer. Professionally refurbished with the 24kar](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982291_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![LATE ROMAN/MEDIEVAL RING 7th-10th CENTURY, SIZE 4 3/4: 7th-10th Century AD. Silvered bronze, size 4 3/4 with raised oval-shaped bezel probably to serve as a signet and never incised as often found. Rounded face band 2.5mm at the bottom flaring to the shou](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982179_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![ROMAN/BYZANTINE RING, 3RD-6TH CENTURY, SIZE 2 1/2: Gilt bronze, size 2 1/2 with 2.3mm medially ridged band flaring to the scalloped shoulders. Oval bezel cut with three strokes, probably serving as a signet. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982264_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![ROMAN KEY RING C.100-300 AD, SIZE 8: Gilt bronze, size 8. Broad rounded band with integral intricately toothed key projection. These rings were used to open jewelry boxes, the ownership of which was prestigious. As a result, many were ma](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982229_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Greek ring depicting a cornucopia: ITEM: Ring depicting a cornucopia MATERIAL: Bronze CULTURE: Greek, Hellenistic period PERIOD: 3rd - 1st Century B.C DIMENSIONS: 25 mm x 22 mm CONDITION: Good condition PROVENANCE: Ex](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742431_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
News about Ancient Greek & Roman Rings
![Closing soon: Met’s Chroma, revealing colorful truth of ancient sculpture](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reconstruction-of-marble-finial-in-the-form-of-a-sphinx-detail-2022-1.jpg)
Closing soon: Met’s Chroma, revealing colorful truth of ancient sculpture
NEW YORK – Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture was once colorful, vibrantly painted, and richly adorned with detailed ornamentation. On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 26, Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color reveals the colorful backstory of polychromy — meaning “many colors” in Greek — and presents new discoveries of surviving ancient color […]
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US returns smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – The United States on March 31 returned a cache of smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya as the oil-rich Mediterranean country struggles to protect its heritage against the backdrop of years of war, turmoil and unrest. The repatriated items include two sculptures dating to the 4th century BCE from the ancient city of […]
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Native American ceramics, modern art star at Auctions at Showplace, Nov. 7
NEW YORK – Auctions at Showplace will continue the fall auction season with an exciting sale on November 7. It will feature a diverse offering including Picasso ceramics, a selection of modern art, mid-century furnishings, Asian objects, antiquities, fine jewelry along with costume jewelry and luxury goods from prime New York Metropolitan area estates. Absentee and […]
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Newark Museum to host important Steuben glass exhibition
NEWARK, N.J. – A sparkling, colorful gift of Steuben glass from The Thomas N. Armstrong III Collection will be on display in an upcoming exhibition at the Newark Museum. Unexpected Color: A Journey Through Glass, opening on April 28, 2019, showcases more than 130 works in glass designed by Frederick Carder for the famed Steuben Glass Works […]