ROMAN AMETHYST STONE GOLD EARRINGS
Ca. 100-300 AD. A delicate pair of gold earrings, each with a non-pierce screw and a hoop with a suspended short chain with beautiful amethyst beads, secure at the bottom with a loop. The gold setting is of a later period. Many rich Roman women owned expensive jewellery. They wore precious stones such as opals, emeralds, diamonds, topaz, and pearls set as earrings, bracelets, rings, brooches, necklaces, and diadems. Size: L:40.8mm / W:12mm ; 5.37g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900