ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH JUSTITIA HOLDING SCALES IN SILVER RING

Ca. AD 50 - 200. A carnelian intaglio engraved with Justicia standing on a groundline, with a long staff in her right hand and scales suspended from her left hand. The intaglio is set in a possibly later silver ring with a rounded hoop, angular shoulders and an oval bezel. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1917,0501.437. Size: D:17.93mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P; Weight: 4.4g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in an Austrian private collection dating to the 1980s–early 1990s.