Gem
Ring
29-128-1891
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1891 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Mars Victor | Shield | Spear |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Mars Victor standing to left, a shield in his lowered left hand, a spear held vertically in the right. Roman Imperial. The type copies the well-known cult statue in the temple of the Forum of Augustus completed in 2 B.C. |
| Height | 0.8 cm |
| Width | 1.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1891 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.