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29-128-106

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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