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Cameo with portrait bust of Septimius Severus

late 2nd–3rd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueSardonyx
DimensionsOverall (setting): 3.9 x 2.5 cm (1 9/16 x 1 in.)
Overall (cameo): 2.3 x 3 cm (7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.368
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1899: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: it came by a specially good route to Rome & from Rome to us [Warren] 1899.); 1899: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
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