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Lot 256 - Auction 54

A roman carnelian intaglio mounted on a silver ring. Allegory of fortune. The scene is made of two facing female ... Read more

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A roman carnelian intaglio mounted on a silver ring. Allegory of fortune. The scene is made of two facing female figures: on the left, standing Fortune, holding the wheel; on the right a non-identified figure, partially covered by the ancient mounting. Traces of an extensive corrosion and oxidation of the ring, with iron deposit. A hoop fragment belonging to another ring has remained, through times, welded to the sample with the intaglio mounted on, sample which is characterized by a hoop made of spherical elements. 2nd century A.D.
intaglio 14 x 17 mm ; ring. Diam. 15 mm; gr. 9,56

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