Gem

29-128-318

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-318
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Topaz
Technique Cameo
Iconography Valerianus II
Description

Sommerville: Topaz. Valerianus Junior, forty-sixth Emperor of Rome, son of Gallienus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S.

Vermeule: Topaz. cameo. (Unmounted). Draped bust of a Roman boy to right. "Valerianus II". Neo-Classic, copied from coin portraits of that prince or of Saloninus, his brother.

Height 1.4 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 318 - Sommerville Gem Number

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