2nd century AD. A jasper gemstone bearing the image of Jupiter (Greek Ze) seated right, holding winged Victory offering a wreath, eagle at his feet, staff in right hand, Greek characters in the field: '?PO' and 'Z', set into a later Hellenistic style gold ring with D-section hoop, splayed shoulders. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Leeds, 1994, items 445, 469, for similar gems; for the typology see Spier, J., Ancient Gems and Finger rings, catalogue of the collections, the J. Paul Getty Meum, Malibu, 1992, pp.106ff. 21.31 grams, 24.45mm overall, 17.42mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, A 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12) (1"). From the late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; from her collection formed 1960s-1990s. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions .]