CNG 103, Lot: 1275. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gold finger ring with sardonyx intaglio. Roman, 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Plain gold band widens at shoulders and is set with a banded, triple-layer sardonyx intaglio engraved with a crayfish. Maximum interior diameter: 13mm; weight: 6.13g. Intact with light marks on band. Attractive.

Ex Petite Museum of Hadji Baba, Old City, Jerusalem.