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Gold ring with a carnelian intaglio

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Gold ring with a carnelian intaglio

Date: 3rd century BCE
Type: Ring with intaglio head of Alexander the Great
Medium: Gold with carnelian
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Culture: Greek
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 1995.539.1
Credit: Gift of Christos G. Bastis, in honor of Philippe de Montebello, 1995

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