Ancient Roman cameo ring, circa 3rd-4th century AD hatton garden1

Ancient Roman cameo ring, circa 3rd-4th century AD hatton garden2

Ancient Roman cameo ring, circa 3rd-4th century AD hatton garden3

Ancient Roman cameo ring, circa 3rd-4th century AD hatton garden4

Ancient Roman cameo ring, circa 3rd-4th century AD hatton garden5

Ancient Roman cameo ring, circa 3rd-4th century AD.

Yellow Gold

£7,900

Ancient Roman ring. Set with an oval cameo, intricately carved in relief to depict a grotesque profile with exaggerated features, in an setting, encompassed by a fine border and set on a ridged . yellow , approximately 4.1g in weight, 3rd-4th century AD.

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Reference Number 27616

Ring size: Q

Size Guide

The majority of items can be re-sized free of charge.

Period Ancient Roman

TOTAL / RING Weight 4.1 grams

Metal Yellow Gold

Condition

The ring is in good condition, commensurate with its age.

Chairman's Notes

Grotesques, similar to modern day clowns, were often actors in farcical plays and mimes. They typically had exaggerated features, were bald and often were depicted grimacing. One theory is that a grotesque was worn as a charm to ward off bad luck.

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Inside diameter (mm)	USA	UK	China India	European
11.63	0
11.84	¼
12.04	½	A
12.24	¾	A½
12.45	1	B	1
12.65	1¼	B½
12.85	1½	C
13.06	1¾	C½		41
13.26	2	D	2	42
13.46	2¼	D½
13.67	2½	E	3	43
13.87	2¾	E½
14.07	3	F	4	44
14.27	3¼	F½	5	45
14.48	3½	G
14.68	3¾	G½	6	46
		H		47
14.88	4	H½	7
15.09	4¼	I		48
15.29	4½	I½	8
15.49	4¾	J		49
15.7	5	J½	9	50
15.9	5¼	K		51
16.1	5½	K½	10
16.31	5¾	L		52
16.51	6	L½	11
16.71	6¼	M	12	53
16.92	6½	M½	13
17.12	6¾	N		54
17.32	7	O	14	55
17.53	7¼	O½		56
17.73	7½	P	15
17.93	7¾	P½		57
18.14	8	Q	16
18.34	8¼	Q½		58
18.54	8½	R	17	59
18.75	8¾	R½
18.95	9	S	18	60
19.15	9¼
19.35	9½	S½	19	61
19.56	9¾	T
19.76	10	T½	20	62
19.96	10¼	U	21
20.17	10½	U½	22	63
20.37	10¾	V		64
20.57	11	V½	23
20.78	11¼	W		65
20.98	11½	W½	24
21.18	11¾	X		66
21.39	12	Y	25	67
21.59	12¼	Y½		68
21.79	12½	Z	26
22	12¾	Z½		69
22.2	13		27
22.4	13¼
22.61	13½
22.81	13¾
23.01	14
23.22	14¼
23.42	14½
23.62	14¾
23.83	15
24.03	15¼
24.23	15½
24.43	15¾
24.64	16

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Ancient Roman cameo ring, circa 3rd-4th century AD.

Yellow Gold

£7,900

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