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29-128-385

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Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-385
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Renaissance
Section Mediterranean
Materials Serpentine
Technique Cameo
Iconography Pescennius Niger
Description

Sommerville: Black Serpentine. Pescennius Niger, twenty-first Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case W.

Vermeule: Black Serpentine Stone. Bust of Pescennius Niger, A.D. 193. Inscribed with titles of emperor.

Height 8.6 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 385 - Sommerville Gem Number

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