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52, Portrait (profile left): Augustus. Bust of Augustus, three-quarter back view, laurel-crowned, with spear and aegis with gorgoneion.

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  • Record Number: 40005015
  • Sub-database: Marlborough
  • Reference Number: 52
  • Period of Original Gem: Late 1st cent. BC.
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: Portrait (profile left): Augustus. Bust of Augustus, three-quarter back view, laurel-crowned, with spear and aegis with gorgoneion.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 42.11.30
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 481
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no.52
  • Shape: Cameo
  • Size: 37x28x7.5
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Last updated 22/04/2024 16:57:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2025 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/72F5E509-3629-408F-8CCA-8A54FFAC8249

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