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Treasures From The Queen's Palaces: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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HELLENISTIC

Zeus

Cameo: 2nd-1st c. BC; Mount: late 18th c.

RCIN 65600

Bust of Zeus, mythological Greek king of the gods, facing to the right and wearing the aegis (Zeus aigiochos). About two thirds of the oval cameo is missing but this fragment remains one of the finest surviving Hellenistic cameos.
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