Gem
Ring
29-128-2015
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2015 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Creator | Hyllos |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Green Jasper |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Galba? | Signature |
| Description | Vermeule: Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust of a man of stern features facing to right. He resembles the coin portraits of the Emperor Galba (A.D. 68-69), the stone is signed. A scorpion appears on the reverse. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 0.7 cm |
| Width | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2015 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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