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Female busts on cameos. Golden pair of earrings from Kostloac (Viminacium) Length 3.4 cm Inv. VII 749, 750
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Female busts on cameos. Golden pair of earrings...

Crouching old woman. Grotesque bronze vase from Vichy (Aquae Calidae),France; perhaps an ex-voto. 2nd CE Bronze, H:9,2 cm Br.2936
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Crouching old woman. Grotesque bronze vase from Vichy (Aquae Calidae),Fr...

Funeral stele of Duspala,daughter of C.Sorinus, from Poussots near Dijon,France.
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Funeral stele of Duspala,daughter of C.Sorinus, from Poussots near Dijon...

Ptolemaios II Philadelphos and his sister Arsinoe II who was also his wife. Ptolemaic cameo (278 BCE) cut of the 9 layers of an Indian Sardonyx. Height 11.5 cm - Inv. IX A 81
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Ptolemaios II Philadelphos and his sister Arsinoe II who was also...

Perseus, King of Macedonia. Chalcedony (3rd BCE)
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Perseus, King of Macedonia. Chalcedony (3rd BCE)

Caesar Augustus (63 BCE -14 CE). Sardonyx, 2 layers (beginning 1st CE) Height 4.7 cm Inv. IX A 67
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Caesar Augustus (63 BCE -14 CE). Sardonyx, 2 layers (begi...

Caesar Augustus (63 BCE -14 CE). Sardonyx frame (end 14th CE) attributed to Dioscorides
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Caesar Augustus (63 BCE -14 CE). Sardonyx frame (end 14th...

Sardonix Cameo showing Roman Emperor Augustus,inserted into the Lothar Cross.The cross was made in Cologne for Emperor Otto III, *980 +1002, Emperor 996-1002. Its name derives from a rock- crystal also in the cross, with Emperor Lothar's name. H:50 cm,wooden core with gold,silver,pearls and stones.
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Sardonix Cameo showing Roman Emperor Augustus,inserted into the Lothar Cross.T...

Empress-dowager Livia Drusilla with Augustus' bust. Sardonyx (after 14 CE) Frame: 2nd quarter 17th Height 9 cm Inv. IX A 95
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Empress-dowager Livia Drusilla with Augustus' bust. Sardonyx (after 14 CE)...

Gemma Augustea, made for Emperor Augustus, seen seated in the pose of Jupiter with scepter,laurel wreath and lituus,the staff of the augurs.In the center Roma,left Germanicus and Tiberius descending from a chariot. Sardonyx, 10 CE, 19 x 23 cm,mounting 17th.Inv. IX A 79
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Gemma Augustea, made for Emperor Augustus, seen seated in the pose of Jupiter w...

Young Tiberius. Sardonyx, 2 layers, cut before Tiberius' reign (14-37 CE), perhaps around 7 BCE at the time of his triumph over the Germans. Height 3.2 cm Inv. IX B 54
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Young Tiberius. Sardonyx, 2 layers, cut before Tiberius' reign (14-37 C...

Caesar Tiberius. Glass paste imitating turquoise. Signed: Herophilos (son of) Dioskourid(ou) Height 5.9 cm Inv. IX A 30
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Caesar Tiberius. Glass paste imitating turquoise. Signed: Herophilos (son...