GOLD RING SET WITH A NICOLO INTAGLIO Roman art, 2nd century AD Solid gold ring set with a round intaglio engraved with the figure of Theseus depicted naked, standing with one leg bent, holding his sword in his hands. At his feet is a branch and in the field three Greek letters. Gross weight: 29.1 gr. Diameter: 2.7 cm Provenance: European private collection, built up in the late 1980s Christie's, New York, 7 December 2006: no. 283 (ill.) Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: J. Spier, "Roman Jewellery" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 159, fig. 16 A Roman gold ring with nicolo intaglio, 2nd century A.D.