Gem
Ring
29-128-1855
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1855 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Silver |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Alexander the Great | Zeus-Ammon |
| Description | Vermeule: Sardonyx. Cameo. (Modern silver ring setting) Head of Alexander the Great with the horn of Zeus Ammon. The design is copied directly from the coins of Lysimachus. Neo-Classic. |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1855 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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