Bidspirit auction | ROMAN INTAGLIO OF AN EAGLE

ROMAN INTAGLIO OF AN EAGLE GRASPING A RAM?S HEAD IN SILVER RING - Ca. AD 1 - 300. A black stone intaglio engraved with an eagle in left profile, with folded wings and long tail feathers, grasping a ram's head, flanked by a six-pointed star and a crescent set in a possibly later silver ring with a plain, rounded hoop and broad shoulders supporting an oval bezel mount. Size: D:18.14mm / US: 8 / UK: P 1/2; Weight: 7.4g Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, Munich before 2000.