ROMAN GOLD RING WITH BANDED AGATE CABOCHON

Ca. AD 1 - 300. A gold ring with a slender hoop and stepped oval mount, the shoulders decorated with chased leaf-like panels. The bezel is set with an oval banded agate cabochon with concentric zones of brown, pale blue and dark brown. Size: D:17.53mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O; Weight: 4g Provenance: From a private London collection; earlier held in an old family collection formed over the period 1960s–2000.