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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. LEE SIMERMAN

A ROMAN CARNELIAN RINGSTONE WITH A PORTRAIT OF JULIA DOMNA
CIRCA LATE 2ND-EARLY 3RD CENTURY A.D.
The draped bust of the Empress engraved in profile to the left, her wavy hair pulled back over her ears and tied in a double plait at the back of the head, with sensitively rendered facial features including a large eye, a straight nose and pursed lips; mounted as a ring in a modern silver setting
13⁄16 in. (2 cm.) long; ring size 7

PROVENANCE
Dr. Paul Ilton (d. 1958), New York; thence by descent.
Property of Paul Ilton; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 7 December 1995, lot 64.
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