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Rings from the Earliest Period: Victory

At a meeting of the Archæological Institute at Norwich in 1847 a fine gold Roman ring found at Caistor was exhibited, set with an intaglio on onyx, the subject being the Genius of Victory. The following illustrations of engraved Roman rings are taken from Montfaucon's 'L'Antiquité Expliquée' :- Gold ring, with head of Trajan, radiated.

IYCTIKANTΩNΓOPA!

Gold ring, with head of
Gold ring, with head of

ICP Silver ring, with head of the Empress Crispina.

Head of the Emperor Gordian III.

YELGIAN Iron ring, with head Gold ring, with name, of Socrates.

Vibianæ.

Iron ring, representing a shepherd and goat.

Jupiter Serapis.

Galba.

Pan and Goat.

Hygeia.

Mercury.

Bust, with inscription 'Lucilla Acv. Sta.

Virgo, formerly in the collection of St. Geneviève; added to the splendid Cabinet of Antiquities at Paris in 1796.

Silver ring, with head of the
Silver ring, with head of the
Iron ring, representing a
Iron ring, representing a
Galba.
Galba.
Jupiter Serapis.
Jupiter Serapis.
Pan and Goat.
Pan and Goat.

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