ROMAN. Gold ring with sardonyx cameo. 3rd-4th centuries AD. (30 mm wide). Solid gold ring with volutes carved on the sides of the ring and a punched floral design surrounding the bezel. Inset, a cameo in sardonyx of a portrait of a woman in high relief, facing left, wearing a fancy headpiece. The image borrows heavily on that of Athena/Diana. An exceptional example of the type. As made. Website shipping rates do not apply.