ROMAN SILVER RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING A MAGIC SCENE Ca. AD 50 - 200. An oval carnelian intaglio engraved with a central depiction of an eagle with raised wings, flanked by military standards. Above the bird is the crowned head of the god Salus (the sun god), positioned between a star/sun and a moon symbol. The intaglio is set in an oval bezel of a possibly later silver ring, framed with a narrow gold rim. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 319. Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 13.77g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.