Gem

Ring

29-128-925

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-925
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Gold | Sardonyx
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Emperor | Trajan?
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Trajan, thirteenth Emperor of Rome. Gold Rings - Intaglios, Case FFF.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Laureate bust perhaps representing the Emperor Trajan (98-117 A.D.) to right. Roman Imperial.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 925 - Sommerville Gem Number

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