# Sardonyx cameo portrait of the Emperor Augustus

- Date: ca. 41–54 CE
- Medium: Sardonyx
- Classification: Gems
- Dimensions: 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in. (3.7 × 2.9 × 0.8 cm)
- Culture: Roman
- Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1942
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254473)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/gr/web-large/DP155547.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)