Auction 70 Part 2
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER
By Archaeological Center Ltd
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Apr 1, 2021
Tel-Aviv Dan Hotel, 99 Hayarkon Street, Israel
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LOT 482:
A SILVER SIGNET GEM
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Sold for: $22,000
Start price:
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3,000
Estimated price :
$6,000
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A SILVER SIGNET GEM
1st century BCE. 16.1x11.3x1.8 mm. 1.71 gr. Depicting a combined anchor and a double cornucopiae emblem. A Greek inscription incised in a crisscross pattern reads: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡAC. The gem is cracked in the middle but in very good condition and very rare. Published by Gabriel Barkay, “A Signet Ring of Alexander”, Bulletin of the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society, 1998, Vol. 16:65-69, suggesting, based on the comparison to the Hasmonean coins, as belonging to King Alexander Jannaeus. Ex Judge Steve Adler coll., Jerusalem.
