Ricci, Seymour de: Catalogue of a collection of ancient rings formed by the late E. Guilhou (Paris: Berger, 1912)

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S may well be the first letter of sigilium; Jovial(is) was
doubtless the name of the owner.
Published by Fontenay, Les Bijou.?, p. 54.
From the collection of Baron J6rdme Pichon.
406. Gold. A double ring with two plain oval bezels.
407. Gold. A slender ring, about half the hoop decorated
with projecting beads interlaced with laid-on gold wire.
408. Gold. A massive ring, the bezel incised with a bearded
male bust to left.
Roman workmanship of the middle of the third cen-
tury A. D.
409. Gold. An ornate ring, the raised bezel incised with the
reversed inscription :
QVS
410. Gold. A plain ring, the bezel set with an octogonal
aigue-marine intaglio : the bust of the Emperor Clau-
dius, to left.
411. Gold. A massive polygonal ring, the small oval bezel
incised with a female bust to left. The resemblance
with her portraits on coins suggest the opinion that
the lady represented is the Empress Julia Domna, wife
of Septimius Severus.
412. Gold. A ring decorated with floral scrolls in blue and
green enamel (apparently xvi th century work), the
bezel set with a fine oval onyx intaglio : three heads to
left, a bearded man, a woman and a youth.
413. Gold. A massive hexagonal ring with two bezels, one
plain, the other set with a plain white sard.
414. Gold. A plain spiral ring.
415. Silver. A plain ring, the bezel incised with a bucranium
and the two letters lb.