Gem
Ring
| Object Number: | 29-128-1954 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Period: | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Emerald Gold |
| Technique: | Intaglio |
| Iconography: | Aphrodite Venus Genetrix Scepter Apple |
| Height: | 0.7 cm |
| Width: | 1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number: | 1954 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Description
Vermeule: Plasma of Emerald. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Aphrodite (Venus Genetrix) standing to left, a sceptre-staff held vertically in her raised left hand, an apple on the extended right. Roman Imperial.
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