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LOT 0687
Roman Gemstone Collection
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.
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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LOT 0687
Roman Gemstone Collection
Estimate £380 - 480€440 - 560 (for guidance only)$510 - 650 (for guidance only)
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