Imperial roman gold necklace wrapped with garnet disc beads and a single opaque blue glass bead

A lovely Imperial Roman gold necklace wrapped with disc shaped flat garnet beads, and a single opaque blue pâte de verre bead. Original shepherd's crook clasp.

Without repair or restoration

2nd - 3rd Centuries AD

Length: 39.4 cm. (15 1/2 in.)

#2611

ex: private New York collection, 1994

Comparanda: Ruseva-Slokoska, Ljudmila ; Roman Jewellery (Sophia, 1991) p.141, no. 101; Greifenhagen, Adolf; Schmuckarbeiten in Edelmetall Bd.2 (Berlin, 1970) p.34, pl.30.6