Object Number | 29-128-106 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Balbinus | Roman Emperor | Volusianus? |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Balbinus, 34th Emperor of Rome AD238. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case F. Vermeule: sardonyx. Cameo (unmounted) Laureate draped bust of a Roman Emperor to right. Balbinus (A.D. 238). Neo-Classic, based on a coin portrait of a mid. III century Emperor such as Volusianus |
Length | 2 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 106 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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