Title: Sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus
Object type: Cameo, portrait of Augustus
Date: ca. 41–54 CE
Culture: Roman
Period: Early Imperial, Claudian
Medium: Sardonyx
Dimensions: 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in. (3.7 × 2.9 × 0.8 cm)
Classification: Gems
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1942
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Emperor Augustus, term: Men, term: Portraits, term: Profiles