Completely Ancient Imperial Roman Gold Choker

(a short necklace, now wearable as a Choker) with 10 Dark with garnet globular beads wrapped with long gold wire links, alternating around the necklace length. Original fine gold sheet oval terminals with original sturdy shepherd’s clasp.

3rd - 4th Centuries AD, possibly earlier

length: 37 cm. (14 9/16 in.)

#441z

Ex: European collection, 1980s-1990s

Comparanda: ; Greifenhagen, Adolf; Schmuckarbeiten in Edelmetall Bd.2 (Berlin, 1970) p. 34, pl.30.6; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York acc. no.74.51.3673