Gem
Ring
29-128-1875
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1875 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Date Made | 100-199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ruby (uncertain) | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Zeus | Throne | Victory | Sceptre | Eagle |
| Description | Vermeule: Ruby? Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Zeus enthroned to left, holding a small Victory on extended right hand, a sceptre vertically in left. Eagle at his feet. Roman Imperial, II A.D. and quite close to coin types of Hadrian. |
| Height | 1.3 cm |
| Width | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1875 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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