CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. - 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

THREE ROMAN RING STONES
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. - 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Together with two possibly 19th century ring stones
20 mm. wide max.

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

The fine After the Antique fragmentary profile portrait head is close to the portrait of a satrap wearing the Persian cap, possibly Tiribazos of Armenia, on a silver stater dated to mid-4th Century B.C., see SNG Levante 153 var. Another very close parallel, this time wearing the Phrygian cap and described as Priam, is a Neo-Classical gem in the Stanislas Poniatowski collection, see Beazley gem database inv. no. 1839-887.
Another gem shows the god Pan, holding the flute and a goat by its front legs, facing Diana stringing the bow, the legend KAN between them.

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