ROMAN GREEN JASPER INTAGLIO DEPICTING MERCURY HOLDING A MONEY BAG IN GOLD RING. Ca. AD 50 - 200. A dark green jasper intaglio engraved with Mercury standing left, wearing a petasos, the right hand extended holding a money bag, a short staff set upright behind the left shoulder. The gem is set in an oval gold collet from which broad tapering shoulders pass into a flat-band hoop of sub-rectangular section that narrows towards the back. The ring of a possibly later period. For similar see: Christie's, Online Auction 14573, Ancient Jewelry: Wearable Art, Lot 13. Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 6.4g 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.