Heliotrope gem in modern silver ring: Crescent surrounded with stars

PP-ID:

PP-2414

Classification:

gem, non-specified

Collection ID:

AT-Wien-KM_IXB 1112

Collection:

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Collection Inventory:

IXB 1112

Reference Numbers:

Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III, 2051; CBd, no. 2414

Former Collections:

Moschettini, Girolamo de' (1755–1832)

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

14 × 10.7 (si.O.) × 3.3 mm

Date:

likely 2nd c. AD (Zwierlein-Diehl)

Iconography:

moon, crescent; stars (7)

Provenience:

Aquileia

Green jasper with large red spots (heliotrope). Transverse oval, flat. (Shape 8). Set in a modern silver ring.
From Aquileia. Purchased from Girolamo de' Moschettini in 1826.

Side A: Seven six-pointed stars surrounding a crescent open to right.
Side B: Hidden.

Selected bibliography
• Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III >>, 123, no. 2051; click here for a full-text excerpt.