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Ancient Greco-Roman Caledonian intaglio with a carved image of three-faced busts Gryllus
Probably the Greek goddess Hera and the two Silene bearded heads.
HERA was the Olympian queen of the gods, and the goddess of marriage, women, the sky and the stars of heaven. She was usually depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a crown or diadem holding a royal, lotus-tipped sceptre, and sometimes accompanied by a lion, cuckoo or hawk.

In Greek mythology, Silenus (/saɪˈliːnəs/; Ancient Greek: Σειληνός, romanized: Seilēnós, IPA: [seːlɛːnós]) was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue (thiasos), and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a Papposilenus. The plural sileni refers to the mythological figure as a type that is sometimes thought to be differentiated from a satyr by having the attributes of a horse rather than a goat, though usage of the two words is not consistent enough to permit a sharp distinction.[citation needed] Silenus presides over other daemones and is related to musical creativity, prophetic ecstasy, drunken joy, drunken dances and gestures.

Circa 1st.BC-1st.C.Ad.

Measurements 17.7mm.x12.6mm. 1.08g.

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1st. C BC-1st. Century Ad. - Roman Empire

Ancient Roman Stone Calcedony Stone intaglio - (1)

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