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A ROMAN CORNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH COMMODUS AND CRISPINA
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A ROMAN CORNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH COMMODUS AND CRISPINA

LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN CORNELIAN INTAGLIO WITH COMMODUS AND CRISPINA
LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Engraved with the double portrait busts of the emperor Commodus and his wife Crispina facing left, Commodus with laurel wreath in his curly hair, Crispina with tall diadem, in later ring setting
1.5 x 1.2 cm.; 1.8 cm. across inner hoop
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Commodus, born 161 A.D., was the son of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina the Younger. He was emperor from 180-192 A.D. Crispina died 183 A.D.

For portraits of Commodus and Crispina, cf. A. Furtwängler, Die Antiken Gemmen, Berlin and Leipzig, 1900, pl. XLVIII, nos. 18-21; G. M. A. Richter, Engraved Gems of the Romans, London, 1971, p. 115 nos. 564-569; and L. Tondo and F. M. Vanni, Le Gemme Dei Medici E Dei Lorena Nel Museo Archeologico Di Firenze, Florence, 1990, p. 173, no. 94.