Ancient Roman Faunus intaglio ring. Set with a round glass intaglio in a closed backrubover setting featuring a bust of Faunus, proceeding to smoothly rounded shoulders and terminating in a solid D-shapeshank, approximately 1.6g in weight. Tested yellow gold, circa 1st-2nd century AD.
A Roman deity, Faunus was worshiped as the god of the forest, plains and fields. A mythological hybrid with human and goat attributes, in this example Faunus is distinguished by his horns. The Greek equivalent for this deity is Pan.
Ancient Roman Faunus intaglio ring, circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Ancient Roman Faunus intaglio ring. Set with a round glass intaglio in a closed back rubover setting featuring a bust of Faunus, proceeding to smoothly rounded shoulders and terminating in a solid D-shape shank, approximately 1.6g in weight. Tested yellow gold, circa 1st-2nd century AD.
A Roman deity, Faunus was worshiped as the god of the forest, plains and fields. A mythological hybrid with human and goat attributes, in this example Faunus is distinguished by his horns. The Greek equivalent for this deity is Pan.