Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 345
mitted through the instrumentality of rings ! Howhappy the times—how truly innocent—in which no seal was put toanything! At the present day, on the contrary, our very food evenand our drink have to be preserved from theft through the agencyof the ring; and so far is it from being sufficient to have… … made a parade of the weight of their rings, we may mention thering figured in Montfaucon. It is a thumb ring of unusual magni-tude, and of costly material. It bears the bust in high relief of theEmpress Plotina, the consort of Trajan : she is represented with theImperial diadem. It is supposed to…
Art, Ancient · Archaeology
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