Gem

29-128-377

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-377
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Aquamarine | Beryl
Technique Cameo
Iconography Quintus Herennius
Description

Sommerville: Aqua-marine or Beryl. Quintus Herennius, thirty-ninth Emperor of Rome, son of Trajan Decius. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case V.

Verneule: Acquamarine or Beryl. Cameo. (Unmounted). Draped cuirassed bust of a Roman Prince, facing left. "Quintus Herennius" son of Trajanius Decius (A.D. 249-251). Neo-Classic.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 377 - Sommerville Gem Number

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