Gold and carnelian finger ring
Apollo is holding a palm branch and is leaning on a column that supports a striated object, possibly representing the tripod or a kithara. Set in a gold ring dated 1992.
Period
Roman period, 1st century A.D.
Dimension
H.
2 cm (0 25⁄32 in)
German private collection, acquired in 1995.
British Museum Inv. No. 1923,0401.386
M. Henig, A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones From British Sites, Oxford, 1978, p. 189, pl. I, no. 23