Belt in gilded bronze with gems

Fascia in bronzo dorato con gemme
Type: 
Jewel, gem, seal
Origin: 
From Rome, Esquiline - Horti Lamiani (1874)

The hall

Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori - Sale degli Horti Lamiani

Situated in the upper part of the Esquilino, in the area around what is today Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, the Horti Lamiani were founded by the consul Aelius Lamia, a friend of Tiberius, and very soon (already with Caligula) became part of Imperial property. 

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