Gem

29-128-325

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-325
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1500-1699
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roman Emperor | Pupienus | Roman Emperor | Macrinus
Description

Sommerville: Oriental pale Sardonyx. Pupienus, thirty-third Emperor of Rome, A.D. 238. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S.

Vermeule: Oriental pale Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate, draped cuirassed bust of a roman Emperor of the III A.D. facing to right. The features suggest coin portraits of Necinus (A.D. 217-218). 16th-17th? (An old label on back reads "Pupieno")

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 325 - Sommerville Gem Number

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