ROMAN RED JASPER INTAGLIO DEPICTING A LION IN SILVER RING Ca. AD 100 - 200. An oval red jasper intaglio engraved with a lion in profile, its right foreleg raised and jaws open. The stone is set within a plain silver bezel integrated into a thick hoop that broadens at the shoulders and narrows gently at the back. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 226. Size: D:18.95mm / US: 9 / UK: R 1/2; Weight: 10.17g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in South German private collection 1980s-early1990s.