Imperial Roman Cornelian Intaglio 

(in a modern 22-karat gold setting)

 

1st - 2nd Centuries AD

 

Height: 15.37 mm

Width: 12.18 mm

 

ex: private American collection, early 1980's

 

 

cf:  Henig, Martin ; Classical Gems. Ancient & Modern Intaglios & Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge (Cambridge, 1994) no.310

 

 

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