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29-128-302

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-302
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Onyx
Technique Cameo
Iconography Alexander the Great? | Lysimachus?
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony-onyx. Lysimachus, general of Alexander and King of Thrace. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case R.

Vermeule: Chalcedony-Onyx. Cameo. (Broken irregularly around the edges of the back). head of Lysimachus, General of Alexander and King of Thrace, facing right. He wears the horn of Ammon in his hair. The cameo appears to be an early imperial copy after contemporary silver coins of Lysimachus.

Height 1.5 cm
Width 1.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 302 - Sommerville Gem Number

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