Roman Chalcedony Gemstone with the Goddess Juno

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1/2 in. (1.35 grams, 14 mm).

Oval translucent intaglio with Juno standing right, holding a long sceptre in her right hand and a patera in her other hand, a peacock standing before her. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in Greenwich Village, November 1960, for 10 shillings.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.74.

CONDITION

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The Peter Clayton Collection

LOT 0126