ROMAN SILVER AND GOLD INTAGLIO RING WITH SERAPIS
Ca. 1-100 AD.
A bronze ring with a round hoop widening at the shoulders and set with a gilded bezel cell bearing a carnelian intaglio engraved with a bust of a bearded Serapis, a syncretic deity of Hellenistic Egypt, combining the features of some Egyptian and Greek gods. For a comparable, but earlier intaglio, see The Israel Museum, Accession number: 76.42.2444.
Size: D:16.1mm / US: 5 1/2 / UK: K 1/2; 11g
Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1990s
Estimate: GBP 750 - 1500