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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 8190115, member: 16283"]This 2,000-year-old sapphire ring is thought to have belonged to Caligula, the notorious ancient Roman emperor that reigned in 37 A.D. The portrait carved into the sapphire is thought to be of Caligula’s last wife Caesonia.</p><p>The Romans called sapphires 'Hyacinthus',most likely after the flower.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425904[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 8190115, member: 16283"]This 2,000-year-old sapphire ring is thought to have belonged to Caligula, the notorious ancient Roman emperor that reigned in 37 A.D. The portrait carved into the sapphire is thought to be of Caligula’s last wife Caesonia. The Romans called sapphires 'Hyacinthus',most likely after the flower. [ATTACH=full]425904[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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