2, Portrait (profile left): Claudius (?). Zeus, laureate, holding thunderbolt and spear, the aegis around his waist and lower arm, an eagle before him.
Period of Original Gem: ROMAN (MID-1ST CENTURY AD)
Material of Original Gem: NICOLO
Description: PORTRAIT (PROFILE LEFT): CLAUDIUS (?). ZEUS, LAUREATE, HOLDING THUNDERBOLT AND SPEAR, THE AEGIS AROUND HIS WAIST AND LOWER ARM, AN EAGLE BEFORE HIM.
Last Recorded Collection: Chicago, Institute of Art: 1991.375
Previous Collections:
Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 4
Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 2
