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LOT 0032
Roman Carnelian Gemstone with Portrait of Hercules
1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1/2 in. (0.83 grams, 14 mm).
Discoid in plan with intaglio profile bust of Hercules sporting a browband and thick beard; supplied with a museum-quality impression.
Provenance
Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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