Roman Glass and Stone Gem Collection

1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.

1/4 - 1 1/8 in. (12 grams total, 7-28 mm).

Comprising: two banded agate gems, one in glass imitating banded agate, two glass carbuncles, and others. [10, No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

Published

Cf. for the employment of green gemstones of the same type Nikopoulou, M., Karampelas, S., Tsangaraki E., Papadopoulou L., Katsifas C., Nazlis I., Touloumtzidou L., Melfos V., Kantiranis N., 'Study of green-coloured gems of the Roman period from the collections of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (Greece) and their possible geographic origin' in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 14 January 2024, pp.1341-1354, fig. 1.

CONDITION

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