Lot 1753 A ROMAN HAEMATITE GNOSTIC INTAGLIO, 3RD CENTURY AD
Reference: ART600366
Haematite intaglio showing the standing figure of a man facing left, draped and holding a sceptre and a branch downwards. The attribution of this figure might well be Apollo as he holds a laurel branch, one of his commoner attributes.
A further clue might be the Greek inscription 'Apolinaris' on the back of the stone. Around the figure there is another Greek inscription which seems to be formulaic in nature.
14 by 11 mm.
PROVENANCE
From a European collection formed in the 1980's.