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

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