| Object Number | 29-128-355 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Turquoise |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Aquila Severus |
| Description | Sommerville: Turquoise. Aquila Severus. She was the second wife of Heliogabalus and a Vestal Virgin. She objected to marrying him because forbidden as a Vestal Virgin but Heliogabalus said, "I am a priest of the Sun and you are a priestess of Vesta. We can marry and must and they did. He lived with her a while and repudiated her. He took Anna Faustina his 3rd wife and Aquila Severus his 4th wife. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case T. |
| Height | 1.9 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 355 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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