A GREEK CARNELIAN RINGSTONE PORTRAIT

HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK CARNELIAN RINGSTONE PORTRAIT
Hellenistic Period, Circa Early 3rd Century B.C.
The flat oval stone engraved with a draped portrait bust of a queen in profile to the right, perhaps depicting Bernike II, wearing a diadem, a veil and a necklace; mounted in a modern gold ring
9/16 in. (1.4 cm) long; ring size 8¼

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For a related glass intaglio of Bernike II see no. 42 in Plantzos, Hellenistic Engraved Gems, and for her portrait on a gold quarter drachm see no. 61f in Bianchi, et al., Cleopatra's Egypt, Age of the Ptolemies.

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