Object Number | 29-128-897 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Imperial Roman Period |
Date Made | 100-199 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Man | Lucius Verus |
Description | Sommerville: Carnelian. Lucius Verus, seventeenth Emperor of Rome. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case DDD. Vermeule: Carnelian ringstone. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Draped bearded bust of a man, probably of the Roman second century, facing to right. The features resemble the Emperor Lucius Verus, (A.D. 161-169) but they appear to be those of a private citizen. Roman, IInd century. |
Height | 0.9 cm |
Width | 1.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 897 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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