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Historical Archive: Medici cameo first- to third-century sardonyx (banded agate) cameo in gilded metal diameter 14.2 cm (5.6 inches) Emperor (Claudius Gothicus or Antoninus Pius?) with genius, sacrificing, perhaps to Hope possibly from the collection of Ferdinando I de'Medici; in the Tribune of the Uffizi by 1589 Archaeological Museum of Florence 14443 (Giuliano 183) full from front Personification: Hope? Emperor winged genius full, oblique view