CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Details
A GRAECO-EGYPTIAN JASPER MAGICAL INTAGLIO
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Obv. a male figure standing in profile wearing an animal skin with long tail and a headdress, holding an egg-shaped object in his outstretched hands, magical symbols around the border, rev. Greek inscribed with a two line magical palindrome
1.1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Obv. a male figure standing in profile wearing an animal skin with long tail and a headdress, holding an egg-shaped object in his outstretched hands, magical symbols around the border, rev. Greek inscribed with a two line magical palindrome
1.1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Constantine Alexander Ionides (1833-1900): sold Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1993, lot 83.