ROMAN SIGNET RING FOR A CHILD OR WOMAN 100-300AD, SIZE 1 12/06/22 6mm width of oval form

6mm width of oval form

7mm thickness

Rare wearable size 9 1/2

resizing is not advised

Austro-Prussian War period

ROMAN SIGNET RING FOR A CHILD OR WOMAN 100-300AD, SIZE 1 12/06/22 6mm width of oval formGilt bronze, size 1 with 2. 7mm ridged face band, thickened at the bottom in the Roman taste. The lenticular bezel cut with a saltire nesting three pairs of parallel marks. An exceptional quality ring in are small size suggesting either the child of a wealthy family or a woman who would have worn it on the small finger between the first two joints as was the custom. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat gold surface restored. Gift boxed with