ROMAN RED GARNET INTAGLIO DEPICTING BARBARIAN IN SILVER RING

Ca. AD 200 - 400. A red garnet intaglio engraved with the head of a barbarian in profile to the left. Set in a high oval box bezel with a twisted wire collar, mounted on a silver ring with a narrow hoop. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1996,0430.1 (iconography). Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; Weight: 1.9g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.