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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 48, November 29, 2015, Article 28

1,700-YEAR-OLD GOLD-CARVED RING DEPICTS CUPID

This one is non-numismatic, but it's a wonderful item. I've never seen anything like this. What a great find! Thanks to Dick Hanscomb for forwarding this article from the Daily Mail. -Editor

Gold CUpid ring An amateur metal detectorist in the UK has made an extraordinary find - a gold-carved ring depicting a nude portrait of Cupid, god of erotic love.

The ring contains a dark onyx and blue engraved nicolo stone and may once have rested on the finger of a man or woman during the reign of the Roman Empire.

Cupid is also known by his Greek name, Eros, and can be identified in the 1,700-year-old engraving by his short wings.

Discovered near the village of Tangley, the ring is now in the hands of the Hampshire Museums Service and will be put on display at the Andover Museum.

The ring was discovered in 2013 and turned in to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, an organisation that was established in 1997 to facilitate reports of artefact discoveries by amateur metal detectorists.

To read the complete article, see:
1,700-year-old Roman gold ring engraved with nude portrait of Cupid is found in British back garden (www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3332593/1-700-year-old-Roman-gold-ring-engraved-nude-portrait-Cupid-British-garden.html)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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