Object Number | 29-128-117 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Post Classical |
Date Made | 1400-1599 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Agate |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Caius Gracchus |
Description | Sommerville: maculated agate - Caius Gracchus. Rare stone. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case G. Vermeule: maculated agate. Cameo (Unmounted). Bust of an elder man of Roman Republic to right. Features are copied from a late Republican portrait gem or a Roman Consular denareus. 15th or 16th century. |
Length | 3.5 cm |
Width | 2.4 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 117 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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