CNG 103, Lot: 1278. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gold finger ring with garnet intaglio. Roman, 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Plain gold band widens at shoulders. Bezel inset with garnet intaglio engraved with a standing male figure, holding scales in right hand and grain ears in left, over his shoulder is a pedum with a grape bunch hanging from its end. Maximum interior diameter: 19mm; weight: 7.67g. Well-preserved.

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