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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.

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Roman intaglio (Ceres)
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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

Material

cornelian

Location

St Fagans Life Is gallery : Roman and Medieval Jewellery

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