ROMAN GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING APOLLO. Ca. AD 100 - 200 . A red carnelian intaglio showing the youthful head of Apollo in left profile, the long wavy hair falling onto the neck, the facial features cut in crisp linear incisions. The stone sits within a plain oval gold bezel with a slight upstanding rim, the bezel broadening into swelling shoulders and a thick hoop of D-shaped section. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo Illustrato della Glittica nella Collezione Santarelli, Cat. n.i. 194b. Size: D:18.14mm / US: 8 / UK: P 1/2; Weight: 6g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in Austrian private collection 1980s-early1990s This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.