Gem
Ring
29-128-2415
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2415 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Agate | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor | Pertinax |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx (agate). Cameo. (Modern gold ring setting) Laureate, draped bust to right, of a bearded man, the features suggesting the Roman Emperor Pertinax (A.D. 193). 18th or 19th century. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2415 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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