PTOLEMAIC GOLD RING WITH SEATED QUEEN

Ca. 300 - 100 BC. > A gold ring with a slender hoop expanding into a large pointed oval bezel plate engraved with a seated queen in profile, wearing a tall headdress and long pleated garment, with her left hand raised. An eight-pointed star and crescent appear above, with a flaming altar before her, all on a groundline. > For similar see: F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, Cat. No. 1078; National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Inv. No. 40.050. > Size: D:17.32mm / US: 7 / UK: N 1/2; Weight: 5.8g > Provenance: UK private collection; London market; ex Swiss collection, 1980s–2007. > This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. > >

Utropspris:SEK 26,422.5

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