Roman 14,5 grams gold fingerring w dextrarum iunctio & blossom
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1488873
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1488873
$2,350.00
A very thick and massive gold ring with clasping right hands, Roman Imperial Period, 2nd - 3rd century AD.
Typical high shoulders and compressed design. 22+ carats gold.
The depiction of the dextrarum iunctio (handclasp) was highly popular in Roman art. In the Roman world, the right hand was sacred to Fides,the deity of fidelity. The clasping of the right hand was a solemn gesture of mutual fidelity and loyalty at the conclusion of an agreement or contract, the taking of an oath of allegiance, or reception in the mysteries, whose initiates were referred to as syndexioi (“joined by the right hand”). On a second-century coin Antoninus Pius (ad 86–161) and Faustina are shown clasping each other’s right hand in the dextrarum iunctio. Antoninus is holding in his left hand a small statue of Fortuna or Pax (fig. 2). In another coin Commodus (ad 161–92) and his wife, Bruttia Crispina, are shown performing the dextrarum iunctio. Juno Pronuba, the divine patron of marriage, taller than either of the bridal pair, stands behind them, with an outstretched arm on the shoulder of each.
Ringsize 3.7 (US), G 1/2 (UK), 6,0 (F).
Weight: 14.53 grams!
Condition: Choice & intact.
Ex. Austrian collection, 1970s.
Typical high shoulders and compressed design. 22+ carats gold.
The depiction of the dextrarum iunctio (handclasp) was highly popular in Roman art. In the Roman world, the right hand was sacred to Fides,the deity of fidelity. The clasping of the right hand was a solemn gesture of mutual fidelity and loyalty at the conclusion of an agreement or contract, the taking of an oath of allegiance, or reception in the mysteries, whose initiates were referred to as syndexioi (“joined by the right hand”). On a second-century coin Antoninus Pius (ad 86–161) and Faustina are shown clasping each other’s right hand in the dextrarum iunctio. Antoninus is holding in his left hand a small statue of Fortuna or Pax (fig. 2). In another coin Commodus (ad 161–92) and his wife, Bruttia Crispina, are shown performing the dextrarum iunctio. Juno Pronuba, the divine patron of marriage, taller than either of the bridal pair, stands behind them, with an outstretched arm on the shoulder of each.
Ringsize 3.7 (US), G 1/2 (UK), 6,0 (F).
Weight: 14.53 grams!
Condition: Choice & intact.
Ex. Austrian collection, 1970s.
