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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
Early 1st Century AD
U.S. ring size: 6-6.5
#9272
ex: private American collection, 1970s or earlier
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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