| Object Number | 29-128-714 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Empress | Plotina |
| Description | Sommerville: Oriental Sardonyx. Plotina, wife of Trajan, thirteenth Emperor of Rome. An exemplary woman and empress. Fine antique. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case QQ. Vermeule: Oriental Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted) Diademed, draped bust of a Roman Empress, probably Plotina wife of Trajan, facing to right. Neo-Classic, copied from an ancient coin portrait. |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 714 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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