Ca. 200-300 ADA gold finger ring with a plain hoop, the shoulders extending from two plaited ribbons in leaf and volute shapes and raised in an oval bezel. The box-setting contains a carnelian intaglio figuring a pastoral scene. A shepherd seated turned left and milking a goat. For a comparison see G.M.A. Richter, Catalogue of engraved gems. Greek, Etruscan and Roman (The Metropolitan Museum of Art- New York), Plate LV n. 542; and The British Museum, Registration number 1987,0212.522.Size: D: 19.31mm / US: 9 3/8 / UK: S 1/2; 9.12gProvenance: Property of a London doctor; Previously in a private Swiss family collection since the 1980s.