| Object Number | 29-128-285 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Amethyst |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor | Gordianus Africanus II | Roman Emperor | Trebonianus Gallus |
| Description | Sommerville: Amethyst. Gordianus Africanus Junior, thirty-second Emperor of Rome. Greek and Roman Cameos, Case Q. Vermeule: Amethyst. Cameo. (Unmounted). Laureate, draped bust of a Roman Emperor to right. Carved in very high relief. "Quodianos Africains the II" A.D. 238. Neo-classic, imitating an ancient gem or coin portrait of an Emperor, perhaps Trebonianus Gallus. |
| Length | 2.3 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 285 - Sommerville Number |
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