/internal/media/dispatcher/1000973/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCameo with Livia holding a bust of Augustus (?)A.D. 14–37Overall: 3.1 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 5/8 in.)TurquoiseHenry Lillie Pierce Fund99.1090Bust of Livia in the guise of Venus Genetrix, with closely clinging drapery slipping off her left shoulder. Beside her is a youthful male head, which must originally have belonged to a bust or full-length figure, alternately identified as a bust of the deified Augustus, or as one of her sons, Tiberius or Drusus I.
The cameo has been set into a modern setting. The lower part of the gem is damaged, and a portion of the original has clearly been lost.Jewelry / Adornment3.10000000001.600000000015569001