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Cameo with Hercules and the Nemean Lion within a Garland

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Sardonyx with modern gold frame, South Italian
Rights: Public Domain
Medieval Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Milton Weil Collection 1938
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Title: Cameo with Hercules and the Nemean Lion within a Garland
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Sardonyx with modern gold frame, South Italian.

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