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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4316438, member: 5833&quot;]This is raising questions for me too, although both parts may genuinely be Roman.&nbsp; In a couple of thousand years glass changes.&nbsp; This looks too pristine to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, most are quite tiny.&nbsp; I suspect there may have been some one upsmanship when it came to how elaborate an engraving &amp; how small the stone.&nbsp; Note the complexity of the scene &amp; the size of the stone on <a href="http://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ws/catalogue/app/collection/record/ark:/12148/c33gbfkm9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ws/catalogue/app/collection/record/ark:/12148/c33gbfkm9" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.&nbsp; Many are smaller.</p><p><br /></p><p>The butterfly is a symbol for the soul/animating force &amp; is associated with Psyche.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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