Cameo with portrait busts of an Imperial Julio-Claudian couple
mid-1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueSardonyx
DimensionsOverall: 4.8 x 4.3 cm (1 7/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.754
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
Notes:
[1]Wilhelm Froehner, La Collection Tyszkiewicz (Munich, 1892), p. 31, pl. XXXIII, 2.
[2]Total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
15th century A.D.
1st–3rd century A.D.
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
1st–3rd century A.D.
early 1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
late 1st century B.C.–mid 1st century A.D.
late 2nd–3rd century A.D.
