| Object Number | 29-128-678 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Lysimachus |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Lysimachus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case OO. Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. Draped bust identified as Lysimachus to right. The horn of Ammon is visible above the fillet in the hair. Lysimachus' features, as copied from his coins, were extremely popular with Neo-Classic cameo cutters because they afforded opportunity to represent the horn of Ammon, often in another color in the stone, in very high relief. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 2.9 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 678 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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