Gem
Ring
29-128-2384
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2384 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Antoninus Pius? |
| Description | Vermeule: Carnelian. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Bust of a bearded man facing to right. The design copies a portrait on Roman Republican silver denarii or else the features of the Emperor Antoninus Pius on certain of his silver and gold coinages. Neo-Classic |
| Height | 1.4 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2384 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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