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Caracalla portraits in gemstones – overview

  • Image credit: Péter Komjąhy
    Copyright: © BTM Aquincum Museum
  • Image credit: Péter Komjąhy
    Copyright: © BTM Aquincum Museum
  • Image credit: Péter Komjáthy
    Copyright: © BTM Aquincum Museum
Gold ring with an amethyst intaglio, the letters E & T behind the emperor’s head. Early 3rd century, from Aquincum, Roman cemetery.
BTM, Aquincum Museum, Inventory number 51464 (A3.) Image credit: Péter Komjáthy
Copyright: © BTM Aquincum Museum

Gold ring with an amethyst intaglio, the letters E & T behind the emperor’s head. Early 3rd century, from Aquincum, Roman cemetery.
BTM, Aquincum Museum, Inventory number 51464 (A3). Museum record
Images credit: Péter Komjáthy Copyright: © BTM Aquincum Museum

  • Gold necklace with an amethyst intaglio found in Urbinisi village, district of Kareli © Museum of Georgia
  • Roman amethyst intaglio, portrait of Caracalla reworked as Saint Peter. A cross and the inscription were added during the Byzantine era.
    Cabinet des médailles
  • Portraits of the emperor Septimius Severus, and his sons, Caracalla and Geta. 2nd-3rd century carnelian intaglio in the modern setting. https://hermitagemuseum.org
  • Sardonyx cameo “Septimius Severus and Julia Domna facing Caracalla and Géta”. Modern setting
    Cabinet des Médailles

SOURCES:

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest [link]