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Description : Roman, Imperial Period, ca. late 1st century BCE to 4th century CE, probably earlier in the period. Among the most fascinating pieces of ancient jewelry that I have seen! An incredibly rare gold (97%, equivalent to 22K+) and emerald ring with an elaborately constructed bezel - the gorgeous natural emerald is drilled through horizontally and set on a gold pin that allows it to spin freely. It moves when worn, allowing the different facets of the emerald - which has shades ranging from bright green to navy blue - to show. The emerald was simply sliced from a crystal, with no shaping or polishing, left in its natural hexagonal shape. The band is pretty, with heart-like shapes on its shoulder and the arms of the bezel. Size: 1 W x 1.1 H (2.5 cm x 2.8 cm), US ring size: 7, total weight: 4.4 grams Emeralds like this one were highly prized during the Roman era, acquired from the famous Egyptian emerald mines of the pharaohs, introduced to the Romans in the time of Cleopatra. These mines were worked intermittently from ca. 500 BCE onward, with the main period of mining beginning in the Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 30 BCE. Early Roman writers called this area Mons Smaragdus, or Mount Emerald. In fact, Egypt was the Old World's main source of emeralds until the Spanish conquered Colombia in the 1520s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a similar ring: of which they have sold reproductions in their shop in the 1970s. Provenance: private Connecticut, USA collection, ex-private European collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #143661
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