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160, The bust of Athena wearing a helmet with a bearded head decorating the forepart, and an aegis with winged Medusa head.

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  • Record Number: 40004609
  • Sub-database: Marlborough
  • Reference Number: 160
  • Period of Original Gem: Renaissance
  • Material of Original Gem: Agate
  • Description: The bust of Athena wearing a helmet with a bearded head decorating the forepart, and an aegis with winged Medusa head.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore: 42.1198
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 83
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 160
  • Size: 33x25
  • Comments: Set in a modern gold ring.
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Last updated 22/04/2024 16:56:00 by Parker, Greg. Copyright © 2003-2025 Classical Art Research Centre, University of Oxford.

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