FIVE ROMAN RING STONES
FIVE ROMAN RING STONES

CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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FIVE ROMAN RING STONES
Circa 2nd Century B.C.-2nd Century A.D.
Including a convex oval sardonyx with a lion, a tree before him arching overhead, on a short groundline; a slightly convex oval plasma with Jupiter enthroned, depicted frontally, his head turned, a himation wrapped around his legs, holding a staff in one hand, a sheath of wheat in the other; a convex oval chalcedony with Jupiter enthroned, a himation wrapped around his legs, holding a scepter in one hand, his thunderbolt in the other, an eagle at his feet, on a short groundline; an Italic flat oval banded agate with a bearded priest in a long chiton and a mantle, holding a large knife and a phiale, standing next to a sacrificial stag, on a short groundline; and a flat oval haematite with a Horus falcon, on a short groundline
9/16 in. (1.4 cm) long for the first (5)

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