Gem

Ring

29-128-2071

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-2071
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Sardonyx | Gold
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Flavian Empress | Julia Sabina
Description

Vermeule: Sardonyx. Intaglio. (Modern gold ring setting) Draped bust of an Empress of Flavian House (69-96 A.D.) facing right, perhaps Julia, daughter of Emperor Titus (79-81 A.D.) Roman Imperial.

Height 2.5 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 2071 - Sommerville Gem Number

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