{"product_id":"roman-tyche-cameo-ring","title":"Roman Tyche Cameo Ring","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eA Late Roman onyx cameo inscribed ΤΥΧΗ, ‘Fortune’, of the 3rd to 5th century AD, set in a 19th-century gold ring.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eInscription cameos like this were popular across the Late Roman world. They carried short Greek words of greeting, love or good fortune, and were given and worn as tokens. Tyche was the goddess of fortune, so this little stone is, in effect, a wish for good luck that has lasted some sixteen centuries.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe carver worked with the stone’s two natural layers: the letters stand in white relief, and the rest of the white layer was cut away to reveal the dark layer beneath. The letter that looks like a ‘V’ is the Greek upsilon, so the word reads ΤΥΧΗ.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe plain gold mount was made in the 19th century, when collectors set ancient gems as rings to wear. Minimal and almost modern in feel, it makes a perfect little-finger ring.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cameo Late Roman, 3rd–5th century AD; mount 19th century; two-layer onyx; 18K gold, unmarked; face 0.9 × 0.6 cm; 3.11g; UK H, US 3¾. For the type, see M. Henig, \u003cem\u003eThe Content Cameos\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 1990), nos. 27–56.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent. Evidence of resizing at the back of the band.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ravensbury Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49388573557044,"sku":null,"price":65400.0,"currency_code":"SEK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6784\/5428\/files\/t-01-b.jpg?v=1794601856","url":"https:\/\/ravensburyantiques.com\/en-se\/products\/roman-tyche-cameo-ring","provider":"Ravensbury Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}