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LOT 0803

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.

CONDITION
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LOT 0803

Roman Gemstone Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £442

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