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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2945475, member: 10461"]I've been fascinated by carved Roman gemstones for a while, but had never owned one, and never really expected to. In late 2012 or early 2013, I started a discussion about them on Collectors Universe, sort of along the lines of, "<i>These aren't coins, but I really think they're neat</i>". That sort of thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>In that discussion, I posted a link to the Ancient Coin Art dealer listing for this Roman bronze intaglio ring (ca. 1st to 4th century AD), which I thought was especially neat, as the carving features a capricorn engraved into the carnelian gemstone. Which just happens to be my zodiac symbol, not that I set much store by that kind of stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Avatars-Banners-SiglinePix/LMCapricornRingIcon.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I mentioned I probably would never buy any of these ancient intaglios, though, because while they are reasonably affordable in many cases, I prefer to use my limited funds for <i>coins</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I thought nothing more of it until a few weeks later, when I got a mysterious Priority Mail box in the mail with no return address.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even the ZIP code of origin had been carefully blacked out on the label, which was odd. (And a little spooky, were I a more suspicious or paranoid person, which fortunately I'm not.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Cracking bomb and anthrax jokes to my extremely <strike>bored</strike> non-terrified daughter, I opened the package.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside was a huge cocoon of bubble wrap, and inside that a little gold colored box.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside the gold box, on a bed of cotton, was the capricorn ring!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]718165[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a blue Post-It note which read,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So some mysterious benefactor, whose identity remains unknown to me to this day, spent $200+ to send me that mystery package with the ring in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say, I was very touched by the generosity. That made my whole week... if not <i>month</i>. In fact, years later, I <i>still</i> think about that when I'm in a sulky mood and feeling underappreciated by the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2015 I gave the ring as a birthday gift to my mother, who also happens to be a Capricorn like I am. So it's no longer mine, but it's still in the family.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm visiting Mom as I type this (Christmas 2017), so I had her bring the ring out for me to take some pictures of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]718151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718177[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That's my favorite ancient <i>non</i>-coin artifact. Post some of yours![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2945475, member: 10461"]I've been fascinated by carved Roman gemstones for a while, but had never owned one, and never really expected to. In late 2012 or early 2013, I started a discussion about them on Collectors Universe, sort of along the lines of, "[I]These aren't coins, but I really think they're neat[/I]". That sort of thing. In that discussion, I posted a link to the Ancient Coin Art dealer listing for this Roman bronze intaglio ring (ca. 1st to 4th century AD), which I thought was especially neat, as the carving features a capricorn engraved into the carnelian gemstone. Which just happens to be my zodiac symbol, not that I set much store by that kind of stuff. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Avatars-Banners-SiglinePix/LMCapricornRingIcon.jpg[/IMG] I mentioned I probably would never buy any of these ancient intaglios, though, because while they are reasonably affordable in many cases, I prefer to use my limited funds for [I]coins[/I]. So I thought nothing more of it until a few weeks later, when I got a mysterious Priority Mail box in the mail with no return address. Even the ZIP code of origin had been carefully blacked out on the label, which was odd. (And a little spooky, were I a more suspicious or paranoid person, which fortunately I'm not.) Cracking bomb and anthrax jokes to my extremely [S]bored[/S] non-terrified daughter, I opened the package. Inside was a huge cocoon of bubble wrap, and inside that a little gold colored box. Inside the gold box, on a bed of cotton, was the capricorn ring! [ATTACH=full]718165[/ATTACH] And a blue Post-It note which read, So some mysterious benefactor, whose identity remains unknown to me to this day, spent $200+ to send me that mystery package with the ring in it. Needless to say, I was very touched by the generosity. That made my whole week... if not [I]month[/I]. In fact, years later, I [I]still[/I] think about that when I'm in a sulky mood and feeling underappreciated by the world. In 2015 I gave the ring as a birthday gift to my mother, who also happens to be a Capricorn like I am. So it's no longer mine, but it's still in the family. I'm visiting Mom as I type this (Christmas 2017), so I had her bring the ring out for me to take some pictures of it. [ATTACH=full]718151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]718177[/ATTACH] That's my favorite ancient [I]non[/I]-coin artifact. Post some of yours![/QUOTE]
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