ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH BANDED AGATE CAMEO DEPICTING A MAN Ca. AD 100 - 300. A Roman solid gold ring with banded agate cameo carved with the head of a man in profile to the right, the hair arranged in short, layered curls. The face displays a large eye, a straight nose, full lips, and a rounded chin. Set in a substantial gold ring with a broad, rounded hoop thickening at the shoulders. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo illustrato della Glittica nella collezione Santarelli, n. i. 201; Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 330. Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; Weight: 8.6g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.