Auction 86 - Glyptics and Ancient Jewelry

A large late roman gilted bronze ring set with a glass paste.

1st century B.C.

Glass : 13 x 15 mm
ring : 21 x 16 mm
17,36 g

Oval hoop, convex without, concave within. It broadens out widely at the head. The bezel is in the form of a raised gold hollow disk soldered to the head of the ring, with a glass.

Parallel: Antiken Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen, Band. IV, T.36, n°236, inv. K 1349

U.K private collection

A graeco-roman gold ring set with a garnet cabochon.


2nd B.C. - 2nd century A.D.

Stone : 9 x 12 mm
Ring : 15,5 x 15 mm
3,29 g

Hollow hoop rounded with large ending and oval bezel set with a nice oval cabochon garnet.

Parallel: Marshall, F.H., Finger rings, 1968, p. 121, n°725

U.K private collection, London.

A roman burnt agate cameo mounted in a gold ring. Mythological scene.

3rd century A.D.

Cameo : 10 x 12 mm
ring diam : 21 x 19 mm
5,48 g

The surface of the cameo is partially damaged by the ancient burns, which partly "baked" the stone. Scene to identify. The cameo is mounted in an ancient ring decorated with four spheres between the bezel and the smooth annular rod. Wear marks.



U.K private collection, London.

A lot of three roman gold finger rings.

2nd – 3rd century A.D.

Diam : 13,5 mm / 11 mm / 14 mm
7,64 g

From left to right ;
- Hoop composed of a serie of gold spheres ending with two laterals ones and a almond-shapes bezel set with a garnet.
- A gold plain hoop rounded within and without, the bezel marked by two vertical engraved lines.
- Hoop rounded within and without, enlarged at the ends with a circular engraved bezel.



U.K private collection

A roman gold engraved child ring. Dextrarum Junctio.

3rd – 4th century A.D.

Diam : 13 x 11 mm
3,29 g

Flat hoop, broad and polygonal. Long bezel with engravd design representing two hands clasping.

Parallel: Marshall, F.H., 1968, Catalogue of finger rings, p. 189, n° 1199

U.K private collection

A roman pair of gold earring with garnets.

1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.

H : 22 mm
3,02 g

Pair of crescent-shape earrings, each hoop composed with two rows of spherical elements ending with a gold ovoid setting with a cabochon garnet.
Little damages on some spherical beads.

Parallel: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, inv. 1995.85.3-7.

U.K private collection

A roman pair of gold earring with discs and pendants.

2nd century A.D.

H : 32 mm circa
4,24 g

Hoop with discoid plaque, loop beneath with breloque and granule, ending in spirals.



U.K private collection

A roman gold and garnet earring with disc and pendant.

2nd century A.D.

H : 28 mm
2,43 g

Hoop with discoid plaque and granule above. The disc set with a garnet cabochon, loop beneath with breloque fromed as a loop and granulated lobes. Wire beneath.
Small crack on the garnet.



U.K private collection

A pair of roman gold earrings set with garnets.

2nd - 3rd century A.D.

H: 39 mm ; 5,32 gr.

Each earring set with garnet cabochon (one damaged) in a gold disc box decorated with twisted gold wires. Supension rings intertwined with a gold twisted pendeloque and granulation. At the terminals, suspension hoops and hooks.



Monte-Carlo private collection, Mr. P.L, 1982

A gold and coral roman apotropaic phallic pendant.


1st century B.C. – 1st century A.D.

21 x 37 mm
5,59 g


The coral sculpted phallus, naturalistically modeled is set in a clip made with soldered gold plaques ending with a large hoop.
This pendant was worn as an apotropaic amulet.



U.K private collection, London.

A romano-egyptian gold amulet. Aphrodite

1st - 2nd century A.D.

H : 40 mm
3,45 g

Composing with two embossed layers of gold, this hollow figure represents the goddess with a naked bust, the lower part of the body covered by a folded drapery. She standing on a rounded base.
Her arms, touching her hair, she wears bracelets.
Suspension loop on her back. This figure was worn as a pendant.

Parallel: Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of Jewellery, p. 360, n° 3011, 3012

U.K private collection, London.

A roman gold necklace with a moon crescent pendant (lunula).

1st century A.D.

L: 255 mm
5,05 g

Gold necklace composed of a chain of plated wire ending in a hook-shaped clasp. The crescent pendant is attached to the chain with a solid gold loop. Very fine condition.

Parallels :
Marshall, F.H., Jewellery, p.314, n° 2720

U.K private collection