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Cameo showing Hadrian

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Roman cameo
Cameo showing Hadrian

A pendant made of sardonyx showing Emperor Hadrian, crowned by Oikoumene (personification of the conquered world).

Originally, the cameo was made for the emperor Claudius (around 50 CE). The head was later transformed into the image of Hadrian.

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