Bidspirit auction | ROMAN GOLD PENDANT WITH AGATE

ROMAN GOLD PENDANT WITH AGATE CAMEO OF HELLENISTIC QUEEN - Ca. 100 BC - AD 100. A gold pendant of oval form, with an openwork border of radiating petal-shaped lobes, set with an oval agate cameo carved with the profile bust of a Hellenistic queen facing right, wearing a stephane above waved hair. The reverse is plain, and a suspension loop is attached above. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1917,0501.97; London Museum, Object ID, A14271; J. Spier, Art of the Hellenistic Kingdoms from Pergamon to Rome, p. 32, f. 2. Size: 34mm x 24mm; Weight: 5.6g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a long-standing private family collection assembled between the 1960s and 2000. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.