Gem

29-128-444

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-444
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Post Classical
Date Made 1700-1800
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Volusian
Description

Sommerville: Sardonyx. Volusianus, forty-second Emperor of Rome, son of the Emperor Trebonianus Gallus. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Z.

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate, draped bust of a Roman Emperor to left. "Volusianius." (A.D. 251-254). 18th century.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 444 - Sommerville Gem Number

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