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Hellenistic Garnet Gemstone with Hercules Club and Lionskin Hellenistic Garnet Gemstone with Hercules Club and Lionskin Hellenistic Garnet Gemstone with Hercules Club and Lionskin
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LOT 0536

Hellenistic Garnet Gemstone with Hercules Club and Lionskin

2ND CENTURY B.C.

5/8 in. (1.8 grams, 17 mm).

Plano-convex with incuse image of spiked club and lionskin mantle, repaired.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1970s.
Ex London, UK, collection.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12386-226380.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 191, for similar gemstone used as an insert.

CONDITION
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LOT 0536

Hellenistic Garnet Gemstone with Hercules Club and Lionskin

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300

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