Green jasper gem set in an ancient gold ring: Anguipes

PP-ID:

PP-2577

Classification:

gem, magical; ring

Collection ID:

UK-BM-GR_1917,0501.560

Collection:

Collection Inventory:

1917,0501.560

Former Collections:

Material:

Dimensions:

19 × 14 mm (ring); inner diameter: 14 mm

Iconography:

Provenience:

Florence

Green jasper gem set in an ancient gold ring. Upright oval, side A flat, B hidden.

Side A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, whip in the right hand, round shield in the right.
Side B: Hidden.

Selected bibliography
Marshall 1907 >>, 95, no. 560.

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2025.10.22 15:59:18

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Notes Side A of PP-2577

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Credits Photo: A. Masson-Berghoff

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