Gem
Ring
29-128-2129
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2129 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Republican Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Hyacinth | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Nike | Biga | Horses | Wreath | Palm |
| Description | Vermeule: Hyancinth. Intaglio. (Modern Gold Ring Setting) Nike driving a biga of horses to left. She holds a wreath in her extended left hand, a palm over her shoulder in the right. Since the attributes are reversed the intaglio is carried directly. Reman Republican, the design recalling that on Consular Denarii. |
| Height | 1 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2129 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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