cameo
- Museum number
- 1923,0401.1070
- Description
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Cameo of glass paste imitating sardonyx, engraved with a laureate portrait-head of a Roman Emperor in profile, perhaps Nero, with closely-curling hair and a short beard.
- Production date
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1stC
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66-68 (modelled on Nero portraits of 66-68)
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.50 centimetres
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Length: 1.30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The features of this portrait are paralleled on Neronian-era coins. Note in particular: laurel wreth, crowned fringe, stocky neck, Hellenstic beard.
See: 1867, 0101.2024. 67 CE
R.10039, 66 CE
1964, 1203. 98. 66-67 CE
1964,1203.96. 65-66 CE
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Collection of gems previously unregistered.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1923,0401.1070
