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Intaglio: Lion

Intaglio: Lion

Roman

Yellow jasper intaglio with lion. On one side, the lion walks right on a straight groundline, rosette in the field to the left, star and crescent above flanking an eye symbol or "theta", and a plant growing below the animal. On the other side is a Greek inscription "TIBEREINOC" followed by a row of characters surrounded by a beveled edge.

Jasper

Roman Imperial period

Gems