2. A freedman of Livia, in whose household he practised the art of a worker in gold, as we learn from a Latin inscription, in which he is designated AURIFEX. (Gori, Nos. 114-122; Bianchini, p. 67, No. 220; Welcker, Kunstblatt, 1827. No. 84 ; Osann, Kunstblatt, 1830, No. 84; R. Rochette, Lettre à M. Schorn, p. 407. 2d ed.)