ROMAN SIGNET RING, C.100-450 AD, SIZE 8 3/4 silver Surface textured from burial and

Surface textured from burial and restored with 24karat gold

size 9 ½ with 2

Professionally refurbished with the 24karat gold overlay restored and suspended from an 18" gilt Sterling silver neck chain

As found condition with dark mottled patina

ROMAN SIGNET RING, C.100-450 AD, SIZE 8 3/4 silver Surface textured from burial andGood quality with 1. 6mm flat face band, flaring to the shoulders. Oval bezel which is engraved as a mythological figure, probably the hippocampus. See Ancient Rings, Pollio, p. 80. That figure serves as a signet, which identified the owner and could be used to seal legal matters. (In Ben Hur, the title character identifies himself by stamping Messalas tablet with his ring which bears the signet of Quintus Arrius). Professionally refurbished with the