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CIRCA MID TO LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A ROMAN CARNELIAN RING STONE
Circa Mid to Late 1st Century B.C.
The oval stone engraved with a bust of Mercury, deeply engraved and superbly modelled, a mantle along the neckline and a petasos in his short wavy hair, perhaps based on a sculpture of the god by Polykleitos
¾ in. (1.9 cm) long
Circa Mid to Late 1st Century B.C.
The oval stone engraved with a bust of Mercury, deeply engraved and superbly modelled, a mantle along the neckline and a petasos in his short wavy hair, perhaps based on a sculpture of the god by Polykleitos
¾ in. (1.9 cm) long