Gem

29-128-197

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-197
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Augustus | Livia
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx - Augustus, 1st Emperor of Rome and Livia his wife. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case L.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Jugate busts of Augustus and Livia facing to right. The former is Laureate, the latter diademed and draped. 18th century.

Length 2.7 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 197 - Sommerville Gem Number

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