ROMAN RING, 2ND-5TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 8 1/2 08/01/2023 1mm rounded face and circular

1mm rounded face and circular bezel engraved with a quatrefoil surmounting a saltire

Size 2 1/4 for the small finger as was the custom

Untouched as found condition

13th-15th century AD

Raised lenticular bezel

ROMAN RING, 2ND-5TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 8 1/2 08/01/2023 1mm rounded face and circularGood quality with 1. 9mm rounded band flaring to the lozenge form bezel which is cut with a border and faint remnants of angled lines serving 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 24karat gold surface restored for contemporary wear.