Gem

29-128-306

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-306
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Roman Emperor | Claudius Albinus
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Claudius Albinus, twenty-second Emperor of Rome, born at Adrumetum in Africa. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. (Unmounted). Draped, cuirassed bust of a Roman Emperor to right. Sommerville identifies him as Claudius Albinus (A.D. 193-197). 18th or 19th century.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 306 - Sommerville Gem Number

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