ROMAN SILVER RING WITH GOLD BEZEL AND INTAGLIO DEPICTING A NOBLEWOMAN Ca. AD 1 - 200. A silver ring with a tapering hoop and an oval bezel set with a convex red jasper intaglio engraved with the bust of a noblewoman in profile facing left. The intaglio is framed by a thin gold collar embedded into the surface of the bezel. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, cat. 319. Size: D:15.9mm / US: 5 1/4 / UK: K; Weight: 11g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.