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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