ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF A LEGIONARY EAGLE IN SILVER RING

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A carnelian intaglio engraved with a legionary eagle standing on a groundline, with folded wings, the head turned and a laurel wreath in its beak. It is set in a possibly later silver ring with a circular bezel cell, broad angular shoulders and a slender hoop. Size: D:18.14mm / US: 8 / UK: P 1/2; Weight: 6g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier circulating on the Netherlands art market in the 1980s.