Bidspirit auction | ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF MERCURY

ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF MERCURY IN SILVER RING - Ca. AD 200 - 300. A carnelian intaglio engraved with Mercury standing facing left on a groundline, holding a caduceus in his left hand and a money bag in his right, with a cloak falling from the left shoulder. It is set in a possibly later silver ring with a raised oval bezel cell and a flat-section hoop. Size: D:19.15mm / US: 9 1/4 / UK: S; Weight: 5.8g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier circulating on the Netherlands art market in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.