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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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Last updated 01/03/2026 17:16:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2026 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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