Ring

1st century CE Inner Diam: 5/8 in. (1.59 cm); Outer Diam: 15/16 in. (2.38 cm) Citation Source image

The ring, fashioned of gold plated bronze, has an oval red stone set in the bezel. Represented in intaglio is the god of war Mars, wearing a crested helmet and carrying a spear and a trophy (captured armor on a pole).

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5132]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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