CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.

Each bracelet is composed of a sold coil of thick wire with tapering ends overlapping and coiling back around the hoop. The gold is nearly pure at approximately 97% and is a fine work of Roman imperial craftsmanship from the 3rd century. Such bracelets have been found throughout the Roman empire. As S. Walker notes (p. 176, no. 218, Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt) a related example can be seen on a Fayyum portrait of a boy, said to be from er-Rubayat, and now in the Brooklyn Museum.