ROMAN SILVER INTAGLIO RING WITH CERES

CA. 200 AD. Superb Ancient Roman silver ring; a well preserved D-shaped hoop forming an elliptical bezel; decorated shoulders; carved red intaglio stone inserted in the middle; depicting the goddess of agriculture Ceres, standing to hold wheat stalk and basket. Superb, wearable condition; D: 18mm/L: 21mm; 6gr; UK P US 8; Provenance: From a Cambridge private collection, previously acquired in Germany in the 1990s.