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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4478867, member: 5833&quot;]It&#039;s possible.&nbsp; Germany had a rich supply of <i>lagenstein</i>, layer stone, when he was working.&nbsp; Found an old German source that says he made engraved gems &#039;for the Jews&#039;.&nbsp; Don&#039;t know whether to interpret this as for the jewellers, for the wealthy, for the educated, or all of the above.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had been looking at barbarian leaders to ID him until I saw the Domitian, which is beautiful lapidary work, one of the treasures of Augustus the Strong, now in the Green Vault.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388633[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is what gave me the clue that my guy could be a Roman emperor; found him very quickly after that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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