ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF A NOBLEMAN 1st century AD A discoid plaque with finely-cut intaglio bust of a first century Imperial nobleman portrait (Gaius or Lucius?), clean-shaven and with short hair, wearing a mantle clasped at the throat with a disc brooch; still set into the corroded remains of a contemporary finger ring. 9.85 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Extremely fine condition. Provenance UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Literature Cf. Taylor, G. & Scarisbrick, D. Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, Oxford, 1978, type 34.
ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO OF A NOBLEMAN 1st century AD A discoid plaque with finely-cut intaglio bust of a first century Imperial nobleman portrait (Gaius or Lucius?), clean-shaven and with short hair, wearing a mantle clasped at the throat with a disc brooch; still set into the corroded remains of a contemporary finger ring. 9.85 grams, 34mm (1 1/2"). Extremely fine condition. Provenance UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Literature Cf. Taylor, G. & Scarisbrick, D. Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, Oxford, 1978, type 34.
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