Lot 311
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A ROMAN IRON RING WITH POLISHED INTAGLIO OF MOUNT ARGAEUS
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A ROMAN IRON RING WITH POLISHED INTAGLIO OF MOUNT ARGAEUS

2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN IRON RING WITH POLISHED INTAGLIO OF MOUNT ARGAEUS
2ND CENTURY A.D.
The iron ring encased within a later ring setting, the polished surface of the intaglio with two goddesses, probably Tyche and Hera, facing one another with one arm raised in greeting the other leaning on long staff, Mount Argaeus above and a grazing horse below
1.8 x 1.3 cm.; 2.2 cm. across inner hoop
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Lot Essay

For an almost identical scene, cf. M. Henig and M. Whiting, Engraved Gems from Gadera in Jordan, The Sa'd Collection of Intaglios and Cameos, Oxford, 1987, p. 16, no. 120. Also see, Henig and Whiting, op. cit, p. 38, no. 398; B. Y. Berry, Ancient Gems from The Collection of Burton Y. Berry, Indiana University Art Museum, 1968, p. 80. no. 146 and M. Maaskant-Kleibrink, Catalogue of the engraved Gems in the Royal Coin Cabinet The Hague, The Hague, 1978, p. 275, no. 758.

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