Gem

29-128-435

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-435
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1880
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Marc Antony
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-Onyx. Mark Antony, one of the triumvirate with Augustus and Lepidus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Y.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Head of Marc Antony to right. The features are copied from Roman Republican denarii of the period 40-30 B.C. 18th or 19th century.

Height 2 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 435 - Sommerville Gem Number

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