Evans, Arthur: An illustrative selection of Greek and Greco-Roman gems: to which is added a Minoan and proto-Hellenic series ; acquired, through over 60 years of travel and research in Crete, Mainland Greece, the East Adriatic Coastlands, Sicily, and Magna Graecia (Oxford, 1938)

152. Red cornelian. Wigged head of King Juba of
Numidia, last stay of Pompeian party: 60-46 b.c.

153. Red cornelian. Laureate bust of Hadrian (a.d.
117-38). Afineportrait. Citluk,near Sinj(Aequum),
Dalmatia.

154. Brilliant red sard set in contemporary gold ring
with foliated open-work. Head of Marcus Aurelius
with bushy hair and slight beard. The portrait
answers to that of his medallions dating from his
Second Consulship, a.d. 160. A very fine example of
Roman portraiture. Guilhou Collection (No. 280).
(PI. VII.)

155. Red cornelian. Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius
(a.d. 138-61). Gardun (Delminium), Dalmatia.

156. Pale red cornelian. Bust, apparently of C. Julius
Verus Maximus, son of Maximus I, and Caesar,
237-8 a.d. Bought in Venice.

157. Red jasper. Bust, apparently of Empress of first
half of Illrd century a.d., with crescent below in-
dicating deification on death.

158. Pale sard. Laureate bust of Emperor of Illrd
century a.d. Compared in Maskelyne Catalogue
(No. 232) with Claudius Gothicus. Once Mertens-
Schaafhausen Collection: Maskelyne Cat., PI. IV,

232.

GRECO-ROMAN INTAGLIOS RELATING
TO VARIOUS SUBJECTS

159. Red jasper set in gold signet-ring. Eagle's head :
symbol of Zeus. Extremely fine bold work. Athens,
1937. (PI. VII.)

160. Dark stone. Corybantes or Kouretes clashing
their cymbals and dancing round the goat Amaltheia,
who suckles the infant Zeus (of Crete). To left, seated
nymph (Melissa).

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