Gem

29-128-370

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-370
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1879
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Augustus
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Augustus, first Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case U.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate bust of August facing to right. 18th or 19th century, good workmanship

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 370 - Sommerville Gem Number

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