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Gem

Ring

Object Number:29-128-1995
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Period: Imperial Roman Period
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Sard
Silver
Technique:Intaglio
Iconography:Fortuna
Cornucopia
Rudder
Height: 1 cm
Width: 1.2 cm
Credit Line:Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number:1995 - Sommerville Gem Number

Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern silver ring setting) Fortuna standing to left, cornucopia in her extended left hand, rudder held partially behind her in the right. Roman Imperial, repolished in later times.

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