Object Number | 29-128-998 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Gordianus III | Maecenus |
Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Gordianus Pius III, thirty-fifth Emperor of Rome. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case KKK. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. Draped bust of a man to left, identified by Sommerville as the emperor Gordianus III (238-44 A.D.) but more likely copied from a portrait of the Maecenus type. Neo-Classic |
Height | 1.1 cm |
Width | 1.9 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 998 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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