CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.

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A LATE ROMAN AGATE CAMEO
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
The oval stone carved in two layers, white on black, with clasped right hands (dextrarum iunctio), a Greek inscription below reading, "Concord," a garland above, enclosed within a plain border
5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

European Private Collection, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century.

Lot Essay

For related examples see nos. 50 and 51 in Henig, The Content Cameos. Henig informs (p. 8) that "the clasped hands of 'Concord' belong to betrothal and amity in life; but also have a more solemn meaning associated with 'memoria' as hand-shaking couples on gravestones signify."

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