ROMAN CHRISTIAN MAN’S RING, SECOND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY 9 ½ 07/18/2024 6mm at the bottom

6mm at the bottom

This form is well known with a quatrefoil surmounting a saltire to the bezel

with raised edges and deep relief decoration of alternate eye and heart motifs

Size 11 1/4

serving as a signet

ROMAN CHRISTIAN MAN’S RING, SECOND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY 9 ½ 07/18/2024 6mm at the bottomGilt bronze with 2. 9mm rounded face band. Raised rectangular bezel with hounds tooth border and central saltire or St. Andrews Cross. See Ancient Rings, Pollio, p. 81 for a ring of this form. Christianity was legalized and protected in Rome in 313 by the Edict of Milan and declared the official religion of the Roman Empire by the Edict of Theodosius in 380. The 24karat gold surface restored, with certificate of authenticity.