Gem
Ring
29-128-2490
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2490 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Gold |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Woman | Helmet |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern gilt ring setting) Bust of a woman to left, wearing a helmet of Roman Republican style surmounted by a wreath. She is probably Roma, and the design appears to have been copied from denarii of the earlier Roman Republic. 19th century. |
| Height | 1.7 cm |
| Width | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2490 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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