Late 2nd-early 3rd century A.D. An empress or a noble lady depicted in profile on a layered agate cameo, her hair falling to just above the nape where it is plaited. See Popovi?, I., 'Roman cameos with female busts from Middle and Lower Danube' in Pallas, 83, 2010, pp.203-224, figs.15-16. 1.9 grams, 20 mm (3/4 in."). Private collection formed since 1970. Property of a gentleman from Vienna. Most cameos of this typology originate from the period of rule of the Severan Dynasty, and were made in the first half of the 3rd century A.D. A similar cameo in a gold medallion from an unknown site in Hungary, probably from south Pannonia (Popovi?, 2010, Nº 15), portrays a woman with a hairstyle of helmet form (Helmfrisur), characteristic of Julia Domna, the wife of Septimius Severus (160-217 A.D.").Condition Report: Fine condition.