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97, Portrait (frontal): Faustina the Elder. 'Frontal bust of Faustina the elder, her diadem adorned with real pearls'.

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  • Record Number: 40005001
  • Sub-database: MARLBOROUGH
  • Reference Number: 97
  • Material of Original Gem: BLUISH CHALCEDONY
  • Description: PORTRAIT (FRONTAL): FAUSTINA THE ELDER. 'FRONTAL BUST OF FAUSTINA THE ELDER, HER DIADEM ADORNED WITH REAL PEARLS'.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Cabinet des medailles [Bibliothèque nationale de France], Paris: 71.23441
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 467
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 97
  • Shape: CAMEO
  • Size: 52X38.5X25
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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.

Link to this record using the address https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/B8DE72F5-2A78-4634-986D-F6B0CF6C9C20

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