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Cameo of Augustus


Three-layered sardonyx cameo - portrait of Augustus wearing the aegis of Minerva and a sword-belt. The emperor originally wore a laurel wreath. This was replaced, probably in the medieval period, with the current setting.
About AD14-20.
British Museum, London.
April 2013.
About AD14-20.
British Museum, London.
April 2013.
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