CNG 103, Lot: 1276. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gold finger ring with agate intaglio. Roman, 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Plain gold band widens at shoulders. Bezel inset with a red and white agate intaglio engraved with a standing figure of winged Nemesis, with wheel at her side, tugging at neck of chiton with right hand and holding branch in left. Maximum interior diameter: 13mm; weight: 3.07g. Light dents and cracks on band. For similar intaglios, cf. Henig 291; Berry 52.

From the collection of the Hadji Baba Museum, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel.