Lot Essay
Cf. S. Walker and M. Bierbrier, Ancient Faces, Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, London, 1997, p. 176, no. 219 for the type.
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2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GOLD BRACELET
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Composed of a thin hoop, square in section, encased in a spiral of three rounded wires, joined at the ends to lengths of rounded wire coiled spirally around the opposing ends
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diam.
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Composed of a thin hoop, square in section, encased in a spiral of three rounded wires, joined at the ends to lengths of rounded wire coiled spirally around the opposing ends
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's London, 1 December 1969, lot 68.
English private collection; a gift to the present owner from her late husband, 1969.
English private collection; a gift to the present owner from her late husband, 1969.
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