Gem with Emperor Commodus
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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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