ROMAN JEWELRY IN GOLD

137
ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
III c. A.D.

S-shaped hoop with bent tip; The other end of the hoop flattened and perforated, protrudes below the six-petals rosette shield. Horizontal flat bar with projecting and perforated ends soldered to the back of the shield and under the hoop. The side pendants made of rectangular cross-section wire with suspended discs. The central pendant made of rectangular cross-section wire with suspended disc and blue glass bead enclosed in caps, decorated with dots and lines in relief. 38 mm.

$ 925

623
ROMAN GOLD EARRING
I-II c. A.D.

The hemispherical sheet-gold shield soldered to s-shaped hook, made of round wire, with tapering end. 10 x 9 mm.
For the same type see: Allen Memorial Art Museum. Bulletin. Vol. XVII, Ohio, p.149. Ruseva-Prokoska L. Roman jewelry. A Collection of National Archaeological Museum-Sofia, Sofia, 1991, cat. 43a.

$ 250

551
ROMAN GOLD RING
III-IV c. A.D.

Round hoop consisting of five wires: two beaded wires in the periphery; two flat wires linked with u-shaped ornament of flat wire in between. High box-type shield decorated with beaded wire band. Round blue-glass cabochon with engraved image of a standing animal (horse?). Thick layer of rainbow iridescence on the glass. Traces of ancient wear. 29 x 24 mm.

For the same type see: Ruseva-Prokoska L. Roman jewelry. A Collection of National Archaeological Museum-Sofia, Sofia, 1991, cat. # 178. Marshall F.N. Cataloque of the finger rings, Greeks, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, 1968, cat. 558.

$ 2000

552
ROMAN GOLD AND SILVER RING
IV century A.D.

SOLD

160
ROMAN GOLD RING
IV c. A.D.

Round hoop consisting of three wires soldered to the flat strip; two spirally twisted wires, with one round wire between them. Garnet cabochon set in round box-type shield with thick beaded wire band. The hoop and shield were made separately and soldered together. Half of the twisted wire on one side is lost. 18 x 24 mm.
For the same type see: Ruseva-Prokoska L. Roman jewelry. A Collection of National Archaeological Museum-Sofia, Sofia, 1991, cat. # 221.

$ 775

694
ROMAN GOLD BRACELET
II-III c. A.D.

Solid round hoop with rectangular cross section, spirally twisted; hammered flat at one end with a round opening, other end tapered and forming a hook.
2.5"x 2.5"(6.4 x 6.3 cm).

$ 850

370
ROMAN GOLD EYE-PLATES AND MOUTH PLATE
II-III c. A.D.
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Sheet-gold plaque, hammered over a matrix, with a border of repousse dots anThe lines. Additionally for each eye-plate, pupils in the form of tragic masks in higher relief. 31 x 58 mm for mouth piece.
For the same type see: Davis-Kimball J. Nomads of Eurasian Steppes in the Early Iron Age, Zinat Press, Berkeley, CA, 1995, pg. 77; Allen Memorial Art Museum. Bulletin. Vol. XVII, Ohio, p.230; Rudolph W. A golden legacy. Ancient jewelry from the B.Y. Berry collection at the Indiana University Art Museum, 1995, cat.33.C.1-2.

$ 875