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Engraved Gem with Victory in a Chariot and Zodiac Symbols

Date

1st century B.C.

Medium

Sard

Culture

Italic

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

Brown circular gem with almost straight sides (type F1, approaching F5). One face is engraved with the image of Victory (Nike) driving a biga in the slightly raised center that is cut more deeply in the stone. The figure is framed by a hatched border. Around this central tondo is a band with the twelve signs of the zodiac within another hatched border. Traces of iron adhere to the back, sides, and in the device.

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