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Product description This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt:... (1'7 cent.); 1. of bezel, '6 in. (1'5 cent.); wt., 1 30 grs. (8 '42 grammes). 563. Flat octagonal hoop, across the head of which is soldered an oval box-setting ornamented by a plain wire and a beaded line, and surrounded at the top by a ring of triangles in globules. Below the wires are soldered four loops (probably for holding a string of pearls; see preceding ring). Convex almandine intaglio: wolf standing to 1. From Alexandria. F. =No 6 Franks Bequest, 1897. Ca. 4th cent. A.D. Diam., '6 in. (1 '5 cent.); 1. of bezel, '56 in. (1'4 cent.); wt., 53 grs. (3'43 grammes). 564. Similar type, but without loops. Raised oval setting with sard intaglio: Victory flying to 1. holding wreath and palm-branch. Franks Bequest, 1897. Diam., '67 in. (1'7 cent.); 1. of bezel, '48 in. (1'2 cent.); wt., 68 grs. (4'40 grammes). Cf. Ant. du Bosph. Cimm., pi. xvii., 4. 565. F'at polygonal hoop with a nearly rectangular bezel, bounded on either side by a grooved line; sardonyx intaglio in form of a truncated cone: ant. Bequeathed by Sir William Temple, 1856. Diam., '71 in. (1 '8 cent.); 1. of bezel, '4 in. (1 cent.); wt., 93 grs. (6'0i grammes). Smith, B. M. Cat. of Engr. Gems, 2270. 566. Thick hoop, flat within and at the sides, rounded without, with an angular Plate XVI. projection below either shoulder. Raised oval bezel set with nicolo intaglio: Mercury holding caduceus and purse. Said to have been found at Baalbec. Franks Bequest, 1897. Diam., '75 in. (l'9 cent.); inner diam., '6 in. (1 '5 cent.); 1. of bezel, '51 in. (1'3 cent.); wt., 90 grs. (5'83 grammes). 567. Thin wire hoop broken below; oval gold setting with beaded border, soldered to hoop. Green jasper (?) intaglio: Mercury with caduceus and purse. From Tartus. Acquired, 1879. Diam., '71 in. (1'8 ce