LATE ROMAN SILVER RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF JANIFORM EAGLE

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Ca. AD 300. A silver ring with a flat-section hoop broadening at the shoulders, each cut with oblique grooves, to an oval bezel plate with a raised oval cell set with a carnelian intaglio engraved with a janiform head of two conjoined profiles, a bearded male head facing left and an eagle head facing right. Size: D:18.95mm / US: 9 / UK: R 1/2; Weight: 7.1g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired in Germany; formerly with A. Moser collection, Switzerland 1990s-2000.

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