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LOT 0090

Roman Sardonyx Cameo of an Eagle

2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

5/8 in. (0.65 grams, 16 mm).

With a cameo image of a bird, probably an eagle, facing left; supplied with a museum-quality impression.

Provenance

Private English collection, formed between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Private collection, London, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12950-246450.

Literature

Cf. Gołyźniak, P., Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus, Oxford, 2020, fig.131b, for a similar (but not identical) eagle on gemstone.

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LOT 0090

Roman Sardonyx Cameo of an Eagle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

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