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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A ROMAN BANDED AGATE RING STONE
circa 1st century b.c.
The nearly round, flat stone with a white layer over translucent yellow, deeply engraved with a facing head of the gorgon Medusa, her tongue protruding from her mouth, the upper row of teeth visible, her curly hair a series of graduated drillings which frame the face, a pair of snakes knotted below her chin, set in a later gold ring
Size 8
circa 1st century b.c.
The nearly round, flat stone with a white layer over translucent yellow, deeply engraved with a facing head of the gorgon Medusa, her tongue protruding from her mouth, the upper row of teeth visible, her curly hair a series of graduated drillings which frame the face, a pair of snakes knotted below her chin, set in a later gold ring
Size 8