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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1168004, member: 5833"]Not an unreasonable guess born of idleness. Alexander is on a number of Bactrian coins & many intaglios are copies of coin images. He's a general glyptic favorite:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/historical/alexander" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/historical/alexander" rel="nofollow">https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/historical/alexander</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW. With the light behind, you can see it is black amethyst glass, which looks black except with strong light. Kovel's says it has been made since 1860, so, while glass does not rule out an antique, it does rule out an antiquity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1168004, member: 5833"]Not an unreasonable guess born of idleness. Alexander is on a number of Bactrian coins & many intaglios are copies of coin images. He's a general glyptic favorite: [URL]https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/historical/alexander[/URL] BTW. With the light behind, you can see it is black amethyst glass, which looks black except with strong light. Kovel's says it has been made since 1860, so, while glass does not rule out an antique, it does rule out an antiquity.[/QUOTE]
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