ROMAN SORCERER’S RING, 1ST CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD, SIZE 9 1/2 9/14/21 6mm thick with rounded face

6mm thick with rounded face

Almost surely part of the booty the booty captured after the Siege of Vienna in 1683

That figure was popular earlier and in the late Middle Ages

There is some indication that they were also worn on the finger

Raise oval bezel inscribed with a figure

ROMAN SORCERER’S RING, 1ST CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD, SIZE 9 1/2 9/14/21 6mm thick with rounded faceGilt bronze, size 9 1 2. Broad round face band with the Roman Base nub and flared shoulders. Oval bezel inscribed with the lituus, the wand of the augurs who were seers of the Roman pagan religion. They were able to predict the future by reading the flight of birds in an area delineated by the lituus. Some wear from its time of use but very well preserved with the 24karat gold surface restored. Gift boxed with certificate of authenticity.