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Roman intaglio (Ceres)
Oval of cornelian. Face flat, back slightly convex. Depicts Ceres standing frontally but facing right. She wears a chiton and a peplos; around her head is a fillet. In her left hand is a dish of fruit and in her right two ears of corn. Ant in field to right.
LI1.7
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.1/789.1
Find Information
Site Name: Holt, Wrexham
Grid Reference: SJ 405 546
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1907-1915
Notes: context unrecorded
Acquisition
purchase, 7/1/1925
Measurements
length / mm:15
width / mm:12
thickness / mm:2
weight / g:0.7
Material
Cornelian
Location
St Fagans Life Is gallery : Roman and Medieval Jewellery
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