LATE ROMAN SILVER RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING MAGICAL SYMBOLS Ca. AD 1 - 200. A carnelian intaglio engraved with a stepped altar surmounted by an eagle flanked by two cornucopias, set in an oval silver bezel with a raised edge. The hoop is broad and faceted, with incised foliate motifs extending along the shoulders. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 326. Size: D:19.35mm / US: 9 1/2 / UK: S 1/2; Weight: 12g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly in a 1980s-1990s London collection.