Gem with Emperor Commodus

Photograph of an amethyst gem showing a curly-haired, bearded male head in profile with laurel crown.

Gem with Emperor Commodus Set in Seventeenth-Century Mount

Medium:
Amethyst; gold and enamel mount
Dimensions:
H. 3 cm; L. 2.3 cm
Context:
Mounted in Paris
Date:
Roman, ca. 192 CE
Inventory Number:
inv. 58.2097 (Chab.2097)
Lender:
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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