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LOT 0074
Roman Carnelian Gemstone of Athena
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.87 grams, 17 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan with incuse profile bust of Athena wearing a Corinthian style helmet; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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