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LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET RING
LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
With 'D'-section hollow hoop, the bezel with oval garnet inlay, with attached large gold sphere on one shoulder, 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) across inner hoop; a Parthian gold and garnet intaglio pendant showing standing Apollo, hand on hip, resting his lyre on a slender pillar, in a gold box-setting with granulated sides, pierced longitudinally, 2nd Century B.C./A.D., a wire attaching it to an openwork gold rosette disc, the central inlay now missing, bordered by bosses and granulated openwork diamond motif, 3rd Century A.D., 1.7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) long overall; and a Parthian gold lunate pendant with glass inlay, a tear-shaped gold setting below with emerald inlay, ribbed suspension loop above, hung with a pendant gold filigree rosette below, attachment loops on the reverse, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C., 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long (3)
LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.
With 'D'-section hollow hoop, the bezel with oval garnet inlay, with attached large gold sphere on one shoulder, 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) across inner hoop; a Parthian gold and garnet intaglio pendant showing standing Apollo, hand on hip, resting his lyre on a slender pillar, in a gold box-setting with granulated sides, pierced longitudinally, 2nd Century B.C./A.D., a wire attaching it to an openwork gold rosette disc, the central inlay now missing, bordered by bosses and granulated openwork diamond motif, 3rd Century A.D., 1.7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) long overall; and a Parthian gold lunate pendant with glass inlay, a tear-shaped gold setting below with emerald inlay, ribbed suspension loop above, hung with a pendant gold filigree rosette below, attachment loops on the reverse, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C., 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long (3)