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Description: | A gold finger ring with intaglio, Guiraud type 2e, of the Roman period, dating to the late 1st to early 3rd century.The finger ring has a flat bezel set with conical intaglio carved with a pair of eagles facing each other, but with both heads looking left. There is a ivory colour to the surface of the gem, as well as a band in the gem, which suggests some heat treatment and an attempted cameo effect. The gem sits high above the bezel. The band of the ring is broad at the shoulders and narrows to the base.There is a very slight central ridge from the base of the intaglio to the base of the band. On the underside of the bezel, the oval setting can be clearly seen.A parallel can be found in Henig's (1978) corpus, no. 667, 2nd century AD (BM collections: 1857,1214.1). Paired confronted birds (buzzards, chickens) are noted on numerous other examples.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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