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29-128-234

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-234
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period 17th Century | 18th Century
Date Made 1600-1799
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony
Technique Cameo
Iconography Antoninus Pius
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. Antoninus Pius, 15th emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case N.

Vermeule: Cameo. Chalcedony-Onyx. [unmounted]. Laureate draped bust of a Roman emperor to left "Antoninus Pius." 17th or 18th centuries

Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 234 - Sommerville Number

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