Lot Essay
For the type, cf. Richter, Gems of the Romans, p. 52, nos. 233-237; and Henig, Corpus, p. 224, nos. 312 and 314.
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1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A LATE HELLENISTIC CABOCHON AMETHYST INTAGLIO OF FORTUNA-NIKE
1ST CENTURY B.C.
With the three-quarter profile figure of the winged goddess, standing wearing girdled peplos, she holds a cornucopia in her left hand, in her outstretched right hand she holds a poppy head, two wheat-ears and steering oar, sword hilt just visible behind her shoulder, groundline, in later ring setting
1.7 x 1.2 cm.; 1.7 cm. across inner hoop
1ST CENTURY B.C.
With the three-quarter profile figure of the winged goddess, standing wearing girdled peplos, she holds a cornucopia in her left hand, in her outstretched right hand she holds a poppy head, two wheat-ears and steering oar, sword hilt just visible behind her shoulder, groundline, in later ring setting
1.7 x 1.2 cm.; 1.7 cm. across inner hoop
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