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Graeco-Roman Sard Gemstone of the God Apollo in Gold Mount Graeco-Roman Sard Gemstone of the God Apollo in Gold Mount Graeco-Roman Sard Gemstone of the God Apollo in Gold Mount
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LOT 0025

Graeco-Roman Sard Gemstone of the God Apollo in Gold Mount

2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (1.66 grams, 24 mm).

With intaglio profile bust of youthful male with curly hair, wearing a headdress; set in a later Roman period gold mount with roped border and attachment loop to the top; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.

Literature

Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 222, for intaglio type.

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LOT 0025

Graeco-Roman Sard Gemstone of the God Apollo in Gold Mount

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000

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