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covered as early as the 16th century. It belonged to the Strozzi Cabinet. The face 

 presents an admirable likeness of Augustus In advanced years. 



(3.) Onyx of three layers, representing Julia, the daughter of Augustus, crowned with 

 poppies; the lower half of the face brokea away. 



(4.) Onyx cameo, of two layers, representing either the younsc Germanicus, or, as some 

 think, Marcellus, and inscribed EIlITYrX. The stone is broken off' at the chin, so 

 that the remaining letters of the name EniTYrX[ANOS] are wanting. This cameo 

 belonged to Fulvio Orsini, and w^is engraved by Theodore Galli as early as the year 1498. 

 (^See Faber, " lilustrium Imagines,"' PI. LXXXVII.) It has always been greatly esteemed 

 for the beauty of its work, and the inscription is considered by Kohler to be one of the very 

 few genuine examples of an artist's signature on a gem. 



(5.) Claudius Drusus ; full-face cameo, on onyx, from the De la Turbie Collection; 

 very finely modelled, and in admirable condition. Engraved, Visconti, " Iconographie 

 Romaine," PI. X., XL, figs. 3,4. 



(6.) Onyx of two layers ; bust of the young Tiberius, full face. This cameo is from the 

 Strozzi Collection, and is in a cinquecento setting. Engraved, Gori, Mus. Flor. I., 

 PI. XXL, fig. 1. 



(7.) Onyx of three layers ; head of Drusilla, sister of Caligula. 



(8.) Fragment of a large onyx cameo, of three layers, representing a bust of the Empress 

 Messalina. The ground of the relief, and the lower part of the face are restored. The stone 

 thus repaired is of oval form, measuring 4 inches by 3^ inches. 



(9.) Onyx, three layers ; head of Claudius. 



(10.) Onyx, two layers ; head of Galba. From the Barth Collection. 



(11.) Onyx, three layers ; bust of Elagabalus. From the Barth Collection. 



(12.) Onyx, three layers ; bust of Carinus. 



(13.) Onyx, two layers ; bust of the elder Licinius, full face, in high relief. From the 

 Barth Collection. 



(14.) Onyx, two layers in a cinqilecento mounting ; a male and a female bust, side bv side 

 in profile, which have been called Ptolemy Philadelphus and Arsinoe, though there seem no 

 sufficient grounds to justify this attribution. As the male head wears a diadem, it is pro- 

 bable that the portraits of a King and Queen of the Macedonian period are here represented. 

 In no cameo of this Collection is the hard and ungrateful material more skilfully dealt with 

 than in this beautiful work. From the Strozzi Collection. 



(15.) Circular onyx, composed of tnree layers, and nearly two inches in diameter. 

 Victory in a quadriga. A fine material, the colours skilfully arranged in the composition. 

 The onyx is pierced through diametrically. 



(16.) Oval onyx, three layers; Pallas Athene in a biga; on her shield the Gorgon. The 

 colours happily counterchanged. 



(17.) Oval onyx, three layers; a Satyr dancing, brandishing a thyrsus, his head thrown 

 back in orgiastic frenzy. A beautiful stone ; the work finely executed. From the Strozzi 

 Collection. 



(18.) Head of Medusa, cut out of an amethyst ; a fine stone, measuring 2| inches 

 by 2 inches. Fine Roman work. This remarkable cameo was found about the com- 

 mencement of this century by a peasant in a vineyard, near the Arco dflla Salara, at 

 the foot of the Aventine Hill at Rome, whence it passed into the collection of Prince 

 Laurenti, from whom it was obtained by the Due de Blacas. Engraved, " Tresor de 

 Numismatique et de Glyptique, N. Gal. Myth.," PI. XXVIIL, fig. 1. 



(19.) Oval onyx, of five layers ; Victory driving a quadriga. Fine Roman work. From 

 the Barth Collection. 



(20.) Onyx, two layers ; Jupiter disguised as a Satyr surprising Antiope. This cameo 

 was found in excavations made at Ostia by order of the Papal Government in 1804. It 

 once belonged to the private collection of Pope Pius VII., and has been published in the 

 "Tresor de Numism. et de Glypt., N. Gal. Myth," PI. IX. 16. 



(21.) Onyx of three layers. Dramatic rehearsal ; three youths, one chanting from a 

 book, another playing on the double flute, the third beating time. Very curious for subject. 

 From the Strozzi Collection. 



(22.) Onyx, broken ; Centauress suckling her young. From the Strozzi Collection. 

 Engraved, Gori, " Mus. Flor. I.," PI. XCIL, fig. 5. 



(23.) Onyx, two layers ; Panther seizing a horse. 



(24.) Onyx, two layers ; Horse. 



249. E 3 (25.) Onyx, 



