Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring lighter home to a Roman era

home to a Roman era intaglio panel carved with the head Emperor Caesar Augustus

Simple platinum stacking band by Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co

and was largely responsible for Rome's transition from paganism to Christianity during the 4th Century

directly influenced by the departure of the first envoy to Japan in 1868 through to 1918 when their rule ended

Victorian Nine Symbolic Panels Ring lighter home to a Roman eraDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 An interesting antique panel ring featuring nine framed symbols. Various animals (birds, quadrupeds), people engaged in mysterious tasks, and more abstract iconography reminiscent of scales or temples adorn each of the square faces at first I thought they were zodiac but that doesn't add up possibly Egyptian Hieroglyphs? What I can tell you is that it bears English hallmarks for 18k gold, and dates from the turn of the 20th