Lotto 187 | A roman onyx cameo. Head of Alexander the Great. <br><br>3rd century A.D.

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A roman onyx cameo. Head of Alexander the Great. <br><br>3rd century A.D.

A roman onyx cameo. Head of Alexander the Great.

3rd century A.D.

The ruler is facing right, with the leontea on his head. Typical iconography of Alexander the Great, after the greek coinage. The cameo is carved in high relief on a two-layered nicolo agate: the portrait in the whitish cerulean part; the background is dark. Small lack at the bottom and chips on the back.

15 x 18 x 10 mm.