Gem

Ring

29-128-932

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-932
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Emerald
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Venus Victrix
Description

Sommerville: Plasma of Emerald. Venus Victrix, whose worship was founded by Caesar. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case GGG.

Vermeule: Plasma. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ornamented ring) Venus Victrix standing right, as on #1897-1898. Roman Imperial

Height 1 cm
Width 0.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 932 - Sommerville Gem Number

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