Numisart

Auction 6  –  29 September 2024

Numisart, Auction 6

Ancient Art & Antiquities

Su, 29.09.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Description

A ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO DEPICTING SOL INVICTUS
Circa 3rd century AD.
Sol is shown standing right with his right hand raised in salutation. He wears a radiate crown and holds a whip in his left hand; from his left arm hangs a mantle. With some iron deposits, suggesting that the gem would have been set into an iron ring.
H 14 mm

From the collection of an Austrian art dealer, acquired on the European art market.

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