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Fine Imperial Roman Amethyst Necklace
with 25 unusually shaped flat bean-shaped pale amethyst beads, each drilled lengthwise and wrapped with wire wire links into a necklace. Very fine quality, rare amethysts (shape, color and quantity), Intact. Original gold wire terminal loops and shepherd’s clasp.
1st - 3rd Centuries AD
length: 44 cm. (17 5/16 in.)
#9589
ex: private American collection, by 1990
Comparandum: ; Rudolph, Wolf ; Ancient Jewelry from the Collection of Burton Y Berry (Bloomington, 1973) pp.122-123, no. 101
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