A huge collection of more than 50 ancient Roman, Greek, Viking and medieval rings, once owned by a Leicester gas engineer, are expected to raise between 80,000 pound and 100,000 pound at auction. The collection is being auctioned by the grandson of the man, who lived in the Allandale Road area of Stoneygate, in the city for almost 40 years, from the 1960s until his death, aged 93, in 2003. The ancient haul of 54 rings was gathered in the late 1950s and early 1960s. (Photo/VCG)
A huge collection of more than 50 ancient Roman, Greek, Viking and medieval rings, once owned by a Leicester gas engineer, are expected to raise between 80,000 pound and 100,000 pound at auction. The collection is being auctioned by the grandson of the man, who lived in the Allandale Road area of Stoneygate, in the city for almost 40 years, from the 1960s until his death, aged 93, in 2003. The ancient haul of 54 rings was gathered in the late 1950s and early 1960s. (Photo/VCG)
A huge collection of more than 50 ancient Roman, Greek, Viking and medieval rings, once owned by a Leicester gas engineer, are expected to raise between 80,000 pound and 100,000 pound at auction. The collection is being auctioned by the grandson of the man, who lived in the Allandale Road area of Stoneygate, in the city for almost 40 years, from the 1960s until his death, aged 93, in 2003. The ancient haul of 54 rings was gathered in the late 1950s and early 1960s. (Photo/VCG)
A Roman gold ring from the 2nd century AD features Vibia Sabina, the wife of Emperor Hadrian who built Hadrian’s Wall. (Photo/VCG)
