Description
BAGUE AVEC PORTRAIT DE SÉRAPIS Art romain, IIIe - IVe siècle Or massif ; TD 58 ; 22 g Provenance Ancienne collection privée, Paris A roman massive gold ring with an engraved portrait of Serapis. With angular hoop made of volutes and acanthus motif, and broad shoulders. Surmounted by an hexagonal box set with a very high conical bezel, the flat surface engraved with a portrait of the god Serapis in profile towards left. For a similar typology see British Museum, inv. 1923,0401.195. Ca. 3rd - 4th century A.D.
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BAGUE AVEC PORTRAIT DE SÉRAPIS Art romain, IIIe - IVe siècle Or massif ; TD 58 ; 22 g Provenance Ancienne collection privée, Paris A roman massive gold ring with an engraved portrait of Serapis. With angular hoop made of volutes and acanthus motif, and broad shoulders. Surmounted by an hexagonal box set with a very high conical bezel, the flat surface engraved with a portrait of the god Serapis in profile towards left. For a similar typology see British Museum, inv. 1923,0401.195. Ca. 3rd - 4th century A.D.