Ancient Roman Heliotrope Heliotrope intaglio - 1.2 cm

The oval stone with Sol, wearing a radiate crown and chlamys across his chest and billowing behind, driving a chariot, his left arm raised and holding an orb (?) , the horses galloping to the left, on groundline,
1. 1cm long

Note
See G. M. A. Richter, Engraved Gems of the Romans, London, 1971, p. 32, no. 85 for a similar depiction on a mottled agate intaglio at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Cf. also a mottled jasper intaglio in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, for a comparable depiction of radiate Sol holding an orb, though here the quadriga faces frontally (acc. no. 81. 6. 297)

Provenance
with Coins & Antiquities Ltd, London, acquired 27 May 1974.
Private collection, Switzerland.

Condition
The intaglio is in very good condition, with only minor surface wear, including light scratching, overall.

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