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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.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.1/789.1
Find Information
Site Name: Holt, Wrexham
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
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