| Object Number | 29-128-868 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Greek |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Hellenistic Period (uncertain) |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Warrior | Helmet |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Helmeted head of a Wallachian Soldier. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case BBB. Vermeule: Pale sard. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Helmeted head of a bearded Greek ruler of the IV B.C. or later. The curious style of the helmet which terminates in a ram's horn and has an Armenian-type headdress at the top, suggests that he is an East Greek prince or perhaps even a Persian satyr such as those appearing in realistic portraits on Greek tetradrachma of the end of the Vth cent. B.C. Greek or Hellenistic. |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 868 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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