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LOT 0127
Roman Gemstone Collection
2ND CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (0.62 grams total, 10 mm each).
Group comprising: carnelian intaglio with figure of Minerva; nicolo with figure of Victory with wreath; glazed composition scarab. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
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