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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