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... face on his coinage ( Author's Col- lection ) . Helmet of King Stanislas Poniatowsky : Greek . Jasper - Prase ( p . 203 , note ) ( Eastwood ) . Macenas : Intaglio by Solon . Topaz ( Florence ) . Mercury : Greek Cameo . Onyx . This is ...
... face on his coinage ( Author's Col- lection ) . Helmet of King Stanislas Poniatowsky : Greek . Jasper - Prase ( p . 203 , note ) ( Eastwood ) . Macenas : Intaglio by Solon . Topaz ( Florence ) . Mercury : Greek Cameo . Onyx . This is ...
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... face on his coinage ( Author's Col- lection ) . Helmet of King Stanislas Poniatowsky : Greek . Jasper - Prase ( p . 203 , note ) ( Eastwood ) . Maecenas : Intaglio by Solon , Topaz ( Florence ) . Mercury : Greek Cameo . Onyx . This is ...
... face on his coinage ( Author's Col- lection ) . Helmet of King Stanislas Poniatowsky : Greek . Jasper - Prase ( p . 203 , note ) ( Eastwood ) . Maecenas : Intaglio by Solon , Topaz ( Florence ) . Mercury : Greek Cameo . Onyx . This is ...
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... face portrait called that of Pompey , but more probably that of Mæcenas , formerly in the Herz Collection , which also derives additional value from the name of the artist АПолAQNIOY engraved upon it . A fine Jacinth is a splendid ...
... face portrait called that of Pompey , but more probably that of Mæcenas , formerly in the Herz Collection , which also derives additional value from the name of the artist АПолAQNIOY engraved upon it . A fine Jacinth is a splendid ...
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... face , crowned with the persea , evidently intended for the type of the Egyptian lion - headed serpent , Chneph , the emblem of the sun , after- wards so favourite a device with the Gnostics . This last Also an excellent portrait of ...
... face , crowned with the persea , evidently intended for the type of the Egyptian lion - headed serpent , Chneph , the emblem of the sun , after- wards so favourite a device with the Gnostics . This last Also an excellent portrait of ...
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... face , on a large pale Emerald with a bluish tinge , with the artist's name , 20ɛ , at the side . The execution of the engraving is very fine , and quite in the antique manner . It is cut upon the flat section of a large hemispherical ...
... face , on a large pale Emerald with a bluish tinge , with the artist's name , 20ɛ , at the side . The execution of the engraving is very fine , and quite in the antique manner . It is cut upon the flat section of a large hemispherical ...
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