ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF MERCURY AND DEER

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Ca. AD 50 - 200. A gold ring with an oval bezel mount on a broad, tapering hoop, set with a carnelian intaglio engraved with Mercury standing left, wearing a petasos and chlamys and holding a caduceus, facing a deer, on a groundline. For similar see: The Classical Art Research Centre, Record Number: 40001416, 40006270. Size: D:19.05mm / US: 9 1/8 / UK: R 3/4; Weight: 9.2g Provenance: Private London collection; previously with F.A., Brussels; Belgian collection formed between the early 1970s to the early 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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