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Augustan Gold Ring

with a banded agate intaglio of a priestess Demeter, or perhaps the goddess herself; she holds a flame and a bunch of poppies and grain; a snake emerges from a basket before her

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Early 1st Century AD

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U.S. ring size: 6-6.5

#9272

ex: private American collection, 1970s or earlier

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Comparandum: Zwierlein-Diehl, Erica ; Die Antiken Gemmen des Kunsthitorisches Museums in Wien. Bd.1: Die Gemmen von der Minoischen Zeit bis zur fruhen Romishcen Kaiserzeit (Munich, 1973) no.207 Richter, GMA; Engraved Gems of the Romans (London, 1971) nos.128-129

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