Gem
Ring
29-128-1999
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1999 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 0-99 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Mars Ultor | Venus Genetrix | Snakes | Crescent |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring mount) Mars (Ultor) standing to left, extending his right hand to Venus (Genetrix) who stands to right. Crescent above and two snakes in field left and right. Roman Imperial, first century A.D. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1999 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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