Gem

Ring

29-128-998

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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