Gem

29-128-2317

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2317
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1899
Section Mediterranean
Materials Agate
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Augustus
Description

Vermeule: Agate. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Laureate, bust of the emperor Augustus facing to left. The design copied from ancient bronze coins. 18th or 19th century.

Height 3 cm
Width 3.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2317 - Sommerville Gem Number

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