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Estimate
GBP (£) 380 - 480
EUR (€) 440 - 560
USD ($) 510 - 640
£210 (EUR 243; USD 281) (+bp*)
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1/4 - 3/4 in. (3.82 grams total, 7-19 mm).
Including advancing lion, perching bird and other types; each supplied with a museum-quality impression. [5]
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. for a similar gemstone with eagle and standards D’Amato, R., Roman Standards and Standard-Bearers,Oxford, 2018, p.27.
FOOTNOTES:
One of the gemstones is certainly pertinent to a military ring, representing an Eagle among two signa (standards). Both shafts are decorated with multiple phalerae and lunulae.
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