CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

TWO ROMAN STAMPED GLASS CAMEOS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
43 mm. wide max.

Provenance

G. Sangiorgi collection (1886-1965), Rome.
Private collection, Monaco, 1970s; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

Helios-Serapis is depicted wearing his modius with surrounding rays. cf. R. Veymiers, Sérapis sur les gemmes et les bijoux antiques, Académie Royale de Belgique, 2009, pp. 352-354. The image of the sphinx is well known from the coins of Augustus.

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