Gem
Pendant
29-128-375
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-375 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Italy |
| Date Made | 1700-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Constantine the Great |
| Description | Sommerville: Maculated Sardonyx. Constantine, Emperor of Rome A.D. 306-337, son of Constantius Chlorus, a Dalmatian. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case V. Vermeule: Maculated Sardonyx. Cameo. (In an older silver pendant setting (loop removed) later placed in a larger gold pendant setting, head and chain coil). Laureate cuirassed bust of Emperor Constantius II (337-361). This magnificient gem seems to be Italian work of the XVIth A.D. |
| Height | 6.3 cm |
| Width | 4.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 375 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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