Serpent Ring (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Little is known about how specific types of jewelry were worn in antiquity. Archaeological finds from the Roman period, several centuries after this ring was made, indicated that serpent rings were almost invariably worn on the third finger of the right hand.
Hellenistic Period
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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