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Rome, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A high karat gold ring with a beautiful carnelian intaglio incised with a depiction of a hippocamp. The ancients, according to scholars, believed that hippocamps were the adult versions of the petite creature we now call the sea-horse. The mythical sea-horse known as the hippocamp (also spelled hippokampe, hippocampus, hippokampos) was described by Pausanias as a horse, but with the part of its body below the breast representing that of a sea monster or fish. This creature is mentioned in Homeric poems as a symbol of Poseidon (identified as Neptune by Romans) who famously rode a chariot pulled across the sea by horses. US ring size: 6.5; Weight: 4.6 grams; Size: .875" L x .750" W (2.2 cm x 1.9 cm); Stone Size: .375" L x .3125" W (1 cm x 0.8 cm)

Provenance: private east coast, USA collection

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