Gem

Ring

29-128-2481

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2481
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Neoclassical
Date Made 1700-1850
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Augustus | Tiberius | Caligula | Claudius
Description

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Jugate bust of the Roman Emperor Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius facing to right. Their features are copied from coins. Neo-Classic.

Height 1.7 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2481 - Sommerville Gem Number

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