Ca. 100-300 AD. A gold finger ring of a D-shaped hoop rising to an oval bezel containing a stone intaglio depicting a bust of God Asclepius seen in right profile and wearing a laurel wreath. His face features a pointing nose, deeply set eyes and impressive beard. His attribute, a serpent entwined around a staff, appears at the right edge. In Greek mythology Asclepius is a God of medicine, son of God Apollo and Koronis. His temples (asclepeion) also served as hospitals and sanatoriums.Size: D: 19.1mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q 1/2; 9.56gProvenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between early 1960s to 1990s.