Roman Ring

[poliphilo]

I used to own a Roman ring. It was too small to fit on any of my fingers, so I wore it on a thong round my neck.

Yes Roman. Really and truly Roman. Or so the seller said.

Last week the thong came untied and I lost the ring.

So I went on eBay and  bid for another.

There are an awful  lot of Roman rings for sale on eBay. I guess they're genuine. I figure they sell too cheaply for anyone to bother faking them. But where do they all come from?

The Romans must have been a really careless set of people.

Roman matron: (walking down country lane) "Drat, my ring just slipped off my finger into the ditch.  That's the third in as many weeks."

Roman patriarch: (cheerily) "Never mind dear. Plenty more where that came from."

Of course it is entirely possible that they....

have been robbed out of graves.....

(pause for delicious shudder.)

Anyway, I just learned that I won my auction. A bronze ring with a blue stone in it  is coming my way.

 

Comments

[aellia.livejournal.com]

I've got a liitle Roman clasp..no pin though,but I wear it on a chain put through the hole bit.
I'd love to see your ring?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Here it is....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7357674951&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

Thank you!

[aellia.livejournal.com]

And it's beautiful,I shall look at his other things when I come home from work

Re: Thank you!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It just amazes me that one can pick up something like this- that's over 1500 years old- for less than twenty quid!

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

Ooh... Nice...

*covets*

*walks slowly away from E-bay*

That place is just dangerous, really... I try to avoid their website, because I know I shouldn't buy anything, but it's so tempting!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Aw, come on- a little Roman ring...or brooch....where's the harm in that?

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

I'm exceedingly short on storage space in my tiny flat, and I have plenty of stuff that I never use anyway... :-)

(Like my father's engagement ring... NOT, however, inscribed with my mother's name, but with "Pauline", who remains to this day a murky person whom he refuses to comment on... LOL So who needs a Roman ring when you have a family heirloom like that? With my close relationships to exes I suppose it's only fair that I have that ring...)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. We're getting ready to sell stuff on eBay- and maybe cart our junk round a few carboot sales once Ailz has finished with her exam.

Pauline? how very, very odd.