3- 5TH CENTURY AD – EUROPE

A complete Late Roman gold pyramid ring and was made for a young child.

The Romans were fascinated by the richness of Egyptian design and culture. Even the Romans have built a piramid, the Pyramid of Cestius, located in the Aventinus region of Rome. It was built for the Roman magistrate Gaius Cestius, also a member of one of Rome’s four main religious collegia, the Septemviri Epulonum, in order to serve as his tomb when he died.

• Material: Solid Gold, 18 carat+
• Weight: 1,08 g
• Date: Late Roman, 3 – 5th-century AD
• Measurement: 15 mm internal diameter
• Condition: Extremely fine condition
  

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