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29-128-396

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-396
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sapphire
Technique Cameo
Iconography Vespasian
Description

Sommerville: Sapphire. Vespasianus, ninth Emperor of Rome, A.D. 70-79. A rare stone. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W.

Vermeule: Sapphire. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate head of Vespasian (69-79 A.D.) facing to right. Graeco-Roman.

Height 1.6 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 396 - Sommerville Gem Number

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