493, Portrait (profile right): Elagabalus (?). Radiate bust of Elagabalus? The back of the bezel has a cameo head of a young woman, in white on a blue enamel ground.

Record Number: 40005027
Sub-database: Marlborough
Reference Number: 493
Period of Original Gem: Early 3rd cent. AD?
Material of Original Gem: Citrine
Description: Portrait (profile right): Elagabalus (?). Radiate bust of Elagabalus? The back of the bezel has a cameo head of a young woman, in white on a blue enamel ground.
Last Recorded Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore: 42.1073
Previous Collections:
- Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 493
- Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 270
Size: 17x16
Comments: Foiled, set in an enamelled gold ring.

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