ROMAN RED CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A SCORPION IN GOLD RING. Ca. AD 50 - 200. A red carnelian intaglio engraved with a scorpion. The stone is set in a small navette-shaped gold collet with a narrow upright rim. The setting merges into a gold ring with a tapering hoop of near-circular section. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1872,0604.301; D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo Illustrato della Glittica nella Collezione Santarelli, Cat. n.i. 68/29m. Size: D:16.92mm / US: 6 1/2 / UK: M 1/2; Weight: 4.3g 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.