Gem

Ring

29-128-1907

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-128-1907
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sard | Silver
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Hermes | Staff | Purse | Cock
Description

Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern silvered ring setting) Hermes standing to the left, his herald's staff in his left arm, a purse in his extended right hand. A cock appears at his feet, at the left. Roman Imperial.

Height 1.1 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1907 - Sommerville Gem Number

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