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A GREEK LATE HELLENISTIC GARNET INTAGLIO SET IN A GOLD RING. ATHENA.
A GREEK LATE HELLENISTIC GARNET INTAGLIO SET IN A GOLD RING. ATHENA.
2nd-1st century B.C.
Stone 11x15 mm; int.diam 16 mm; 10,71 gr
With rounded hoop, expanding in broader rounded shoulders and set with a fine cabochon garnet intaglio depicting the helmeted goddess advancing in three-quarters. She wears the chiton and himation, the spear in her left rised hand and the shield in the right one. Groundline. Beautiful colour of the stone, wear marks.
For the type see D. Plantzos, Hellenistic engraved gems, plate 64 (The Neo-Attic Tradition)
Provenance: U.K. private, acquired on the art market 1980s-1990s