Gem
Ring
29-128-2401
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2401 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern Gilt Ring Setting) Radiate crowned draped bust of a man to left. The features suggest a Roman of about A.D. 300 and are perhaps copied from an early coin of Constantine the Great or one of the later Tetrachs. The cameo is work of the XVth or XVI century. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2401 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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