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LOT 0004
Roman Carnelian Gemstone of an Elderly Man
1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
3/4 in. (1.15 grams, 18 mm).
Showing a mature man in profile facing left, modelled after the Roman Republican portrait models; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenancePrivate English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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