Lot 170 | A ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. BUST OF A YOUTH.

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A ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. BUST OF A YOUTH.

A ROMAN GOLD RING SET WITH A CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. BUST OF A YOUTH.

2nd - 3rd century A.D.

Stone 8x10 mm; int. size 17x18 mm; 4,00 gr

With large flatten hoop expanding directly onto an oval bezel set with a carnelian intaglio; portrait of a youth facing left, wearing a laurel wreath. Wear marks.

Provenance: U.K. private collection