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A ROMAN NICOLO INTAGLIO. BUST OF SERAPIS WITH A GREEK INSCRIPTION.
A ROMAN NICOLO INTAGLIO. BUST OF SERAPIS WITH A GREEK INSCRIPTION.
2nd - 3rd century A.D.
13x16x4 mm
The god is facing left wearing the chiton and himation, with his typical foliated beard and hair surmounted by the modius. Beneath, globe and a pillar on a base. The inscription « ELL-AΔΙ » relative to Greece . Slight ancient natural cracks on the surface of the stone and traces of deposit.
For a similar iconography see: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, n. 5889; Guilhou Collection, DE RICCI (p.34, n°218, pl. IV).
Provenance: U.K. private collection