artofthedarkages:A seal ring with an intaglio frontal bust of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, in m
artofthedarkages:A seal ring with an intaglio frontal bust of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, in military garb and surrounded by a Latin inscription.Carved out of sapphire, in a 16th century gold ring.Made in the late 5th century for a Visigothic aristocrat in Noricum.Currently on view at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. -- source link
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