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56, Double portrait (profile right - intaglio): Augustus; Livia. Double portrait (profile left - cameo): Busts of laureate Augustus and Livia; also on the reverse in intaglio, 'incased'.

  • Record Number: 40005073
  • Sub-database: MARLBOROUGH
  • Reference Number: 56
  • Period of Original Gem: 16TH CENT.
  • Material of Original Gem: SILVER AND GOLD
  • Description: DOUBLE PORTRAIT (PROFILE RIGHT - INTAGLIO): AUGUSTUS; LIVIA. DOUBLE PORTRAIT (PROFILE LEFT - CAMEO): BUSTS OF LAUREATE AUGUSTUS AND LIVIA; ALSO ON THE REVERSE IN INTAGLIO, 'INCASED'.
  • Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
  • Previous Collections:
    • Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 498c
    • Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 56
  • Shape: CAMEO
  • Size: 20X15
  • Comments: MOUNTED IN AN IRON RING WITH CHASED GOLD SHOULDERS AND BEZEL.
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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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