Object Number | 29-128-328 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Neoclassical |
Date Made | 1700-1850 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Onyx |
Technique | Cameo |
Iconography | Quintius Hostilianus |
Description | Sommerville: Pale Onyx. Quintius Hostilianus, fortieth Emperor of Rome, the son of Trajan Decius. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case S. Vermeule: Pale onyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of an Emperor or a Caesar of the Third century A.D. termed by Sommerville "Quintus Hostilianus, 40th Emperor of Rome, son of trajan Decius". He reigned A.D. 251-253. |
Height | 2.5 cm |
Width | 1.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 328 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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