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LOT 2075

Collection of Roman Style Gemstones

19TH CENTURY A.D.

5/8 - 3/4 in. (5.9 grams total, 15-19 mm).

Comprising: rectangular brown agate with profile bust, and impression from the same; ellipsoid sardonyx with intaglio Mercury standing; ellipsoid jasper with standing athlete; ellipsoid amethyst with profile bust. [4, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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LOT 2075

Collection of Roman Style Gemstones

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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