Roman: heads
70
Cornelian ringstone, shape F1.
14x11x2.5
Bust of a youth wearing a tunic fastened at the shoulder, his hair bound in a diadem with flying ends.
Possibly a portrait of Ptolemy XII.
Hellenistic, 1st cent. BC.
71
Cornelian ringstone set in gold, shape F7.
13x10
Head of a man.
1st cent. BC.
72
Cornelian ringstone with a repair in gold, shape F2.
20x15x3
Head of a man.
1st cent. BC.
73
Amethyst ringstone, shape F7.
15x11x3.5
Head of a man.
1st cent. BC.
74
Cornelian ringstone, shape F6.
20x15x3.5
Bust of a warrior, to lower chest. He wears a plumed helmet, with decoration on the peak, neckguard and crown, and holds a spear, and a shield slung from a baldric across his neck and chest; it is decorated with a running spiral within the rim.
1st cent. BC/AD.
75
Cornelian ringstone, shape F1.
20x15x3.5
Bust of the emperor Lucius Verus (AD 161-169) wearing a tunic fastened at the shoulder, and a cloak.
76
Onyx, four-layered, shape C4.
14x12x7
Head of a youth apparently shouldering two spears. Inscribed in Latin?: VIRIOU.
1st cent. BC
77
Cornelian ringstone, shape B1.
12.5x9x3.
Bust of a young boy wearing a necklet and dress.
78
Red jasper ringstone, shape F7.
10x8.5x2.5.
Head of a baby.
1st cent. BC/AD.
79
Onyx ringstone, four-layered, shape F3.
9x7.5x3
Head of a woman or nymph wearing a necklace; her hair is rolled over the forehead, with loose curls or flowers in it.
2nd/1st cent BC.
80
Cornelian ringstone, shape B5.
17x14x3.
Bust of a dressed woman, her hair styled in the manner of portraits of Sabina (died AD 136).
2nd cent. AD.
