Lot 228 | A large heliotrope roman gnostic intaglio. Anguipes with letters - Helios on a lion with letters. <br><br>2nd - 3rd century A.D.

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A large heliotrope roman gnostic intaglio. Anguipes with letters - Helios on a lion with letters. <br><br>2nd - 3rd century A.D.

A large heliotrope roman gnostic intaglio. Anguipes with letters - Helios on a lion with letters.

2nd - 3rd century A.D.

The first side of the stone shows a cock-headed Anguipes in frontal view, his head turned right. He wears a skirt, shield and whip. Around, greek letters, charakteres and inscriptions « ΙΑω - ΑΒΡΑωΑΞ - ΛΕΙΟ - ΡΒΙΟΙΒΟC»….
On the other side, Helios standing right on a lion, holding a whip in his right arm, and his left one upraised.
Around, inscriptions « FΜΟΙ Ι Ι ΡΟF »
On the edge of the stone, inscription « ΑΒΛΑΝΑΝΑΙΟ»
Parallel: A. Mastrocinque, Sylloge Gemmarum Gnostocarum, P.1, 2003, p.296, n° 24

23x29x5 mm