ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING STANDING MINERVA

Ca. AD 100 - 301 A Roman carnelian intaglio depicts Minerva facing right, wearing a helmet and holding a flag. The intaglio is made in a stylised manner typical of the new style introduced in the last part of the first century. During this period this kind of jewel was fashionable among most of society. For similar see: Catalogo illustrato della glittica nella collezione Santarelli, n. i. 47/69.
Size: 11mm x 8mm; Weight: 0.4g
Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Swiss art market in the 1990s.

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Estimate: GBP 300 - 600