ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A GODDESS. Ca. AD 50 - 200. A carnelian intaglio engraved with a noble female head in left profile. The stone is held in a circular gold collet, flanked above and below by small leaf-shaped finials on a slender hoop. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1814,0704.1791. Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 3.8g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in France in the early 2000s; formerly in a Swiss private collection formed in the 1980s and 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.