Sardonyx engraved gem with emperor on horseback and palm of victory

Details

• Title

  Sardonyx engraved gem with emperor on horseback and palm of victory

• Associated place

  The Roman World (place of creation)

• Date

  AD 70 - 81

• Material and technique

  brown sard

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › ornament › gem

• Dimensions

  3.45 cm (length)
  2.8 cm (width)
  0.5 cm (height)
  7.54 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Reverend G.J. Chester, 1892.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1892.1461

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