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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2874651, member: 10461&quot;]I had a bronze Roman ring with a carnelian stone seal into which a capricorn was carved intaglio.&nbsp; I received it from an anonymous and very generous Collectors Universe member who shipped it in a box with all clues to the originating ZIP code obliterated.&nbsp; Someone, in short, who made some effort to remain anonymous.&nbsp; That floored me, because I had previously linked to the VCoins dealer listing of the ring during a discussion of tempting non-coin items and mentioned that I loved it but would never buy it because my hobby money goes to coins alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then it just came in the mail, in its stealthy package, which could have been a small bomb for all I knew.&nbsp; There was a really nice note inside from my mysterious benefactor. A year or two ago I gave the ring to my mother for her birthday, since she&#039;s a Capricorn like I am.&nbsp; She loved it, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately I have no photos of it handy.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had much deeper pockets I would collect <a href="https://howtospendit.ft.com/watches-jewellery/37613-roman-intaglio-rings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://howtospendit.ft.com/watches-jewellery/37613-roman-intaglio-rings" rel="nofollow">ancient carved gemstones.</a>&nbsp; (Alongside my glittering trays of aureii and other amazing coins rivaling the collections of [USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] and [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER], naturally.) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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