# Whose head is on this ring?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-head-is-on-this-ring/662120
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 28, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-head-is-on-this-ring/662120 "2013-06-28T14:28:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-head-is-on-this-ring/662120/1 "2013-06-28T14:28:43Z")
This morning a co-worker showed me a ring that had belonged to her father. I thought it had an interesting look to it, but couldn’t really make any kind of identification. So I took a couple of pictures that may be seen [here](http://s87.photobucket.com/user/Kizarvexius/library/The%20Ring).
Sorry about the poor quality. I tried three different angles under a lamp in an effort to make some of the details stand out a bit more.
Anybody have any ideas about who is being represented here?
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### Author:  [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-head-is-on-this-ring/662120/2 "2013-06-28T17:00:58Z")
It looks to me like a warrior figure wearing a helmet with a large crest, but it could just as easily be a lady with a fancy hat.
Anybody?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-head-is-on-this-ring/662120/3 "2013-06-28T17:16:13Z")
Is this a match?
[http://www.aspireauctions.com/216-231-5515/WebObjects/seauction.woa/1/wa/lotdetailsv2?pageID=1372439746&lotID=14714&wosid=Me8mv5exVPW0Rj2V1ztpdM](http://www.aspireauctions.com/216-231-5515/WebObjects/seauction.woa/1/wa/lotdetailsv2?pageID=1372439746&lotID=14714&wosid=Me8mv5exVPW0Rj2V1ztpdM)
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### Author:  [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-head-is-on-this-ring/662120/4 "2013-06-28T18:31:56Z")
Damn. This is why I love you people.
It’s not a perfect match, but _extremely_ close. The helmet on my friend’s ring has a bulbous element (with slight crosshatching) beneath the crest, which is not on the image **Prof. Pepperwinkle** linked to. But IMHO there are simply too many precise correlations for the resemblance to be a coincidence.
Mind we’re talking only about the design engraved onto the stone. The bands are not at all alike.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-head-is-on-this-ring/662120/5 "2013-06-28T18:41:44Z")
Just Google Image “Roman soldier ring”. There may be something else there that’s closer.
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### Author:  [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-head-is-on-this-ring/662120/6 "2013-06-28T18:51:51Z")
**Prof. Pepperwinkle** , I bow to the majesty of thy Google-Fu.