Lot Essay
Item one: cf. M. Maaskant-Kleibrink, Catalogue of the Engraved Gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet The Hague, The Hague, 1978, p. 163, no. 303 for similar.
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1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
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A ROMAN AMETHYST INTAGLIO WITH HEAD OF MAENAD
1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
The surface finely cut, her hair elaborately dressed with thick ringlets hanging either side of her face, sprigs of fruit and ribbons around her head, 1.7 x 1.5 cm., 1.8 cm. across inner hoop; and a blue-stained quartz intaglio profile head of Athena, facing right wearing crested helmet, 0.9 cm. daim., 2.3 cm. across inner hoop, both in later ring settings (2)
1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
The surface finely cut, her hair elaborately dressed with thick ringlets hanging either side of her face, sprigs of fruit and ribbons around her head, 1.7 x 1.5 cm., 1.8 cm. across inner hoop; and a blue-stained quartz intaglio profile head of Athena, facing right wearing crested helmet, 0.9 cm. daim., 2.3 cm. across inner hoop, both in later ring settings (2)
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