| Object Number | 29-128-373 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Trajan Decius |
| Description | Sommerville: Sardonyx. Trajan Decius, thirty-eighth Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case U. Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Unmounted). Bust of the Emperor Trajan Decius wearing armor and a radiate crown. Portrait copied from a series of large medallic bronze coins struck in commemoration of the millenium of Rome. |
| Height | 2.5 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 373 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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