ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD PENDANT WITH AGATE CAMEO OF ATHLETE Ca. AD 100 - 300. A gold pendant set with a circular agate cameo engraved with the profile head of a youthful male athlete facing right, wearing a fillet. The cameo is framed within a plain gold bezel and surmounted by a ribbed triple-loop suspension fitting. The reverse is flat and undecorated. For similar see: D. Del Bufalo, Catalogo illustrato della Glittica nella Collezione Santarelli, Cat 47/119g. Size: 19mm x 16mm; Weight: 2g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a 1980s Mayfair Family private collection.