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LOT 0094

Estimate
GBP (£) 1,000 - 1,400
EUR (€) 1,160 - 1,620
USD ($) 1,340 - 1,880

ROMAN MAGICAL GNOSTIC GEMSTONE
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.37 grams, 26.8 mm).

An ellipsoid bifacial haematite gemstone with intaglio scenes: obverse with a reaper holding a sickle and cutting down a crop; reverse with a bird, wings spread beneath a glyph.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Important North West London collection.

CONDITION
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