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LOT 0175
Roman Gold Pendant with Fortuna Cameo
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (8.47 grams, 37 mm).
Hollow-formed plaque with gusseted bale, obverse with irregular cell enclosing a sardonyx disc with reserved figure of Fortuna Redux with cornucopia and rudder.
ProvenanceFrom a private collection formed in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum, London, under accession no.SLA Intaglios.4.
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