Object Number | 29-128-373 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Sardonyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Trajan Decius |
Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Trajan Decius, thirty-eighth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case U. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of the Emperor Trajan Decius wearing armor and a radiate crown. Portrait copied from a series of large medallic bronze coins struck in commemoration of the millenium of Rome. |
Height | 2.5 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 373 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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