SET OF ROMAN GOLD JEWELLERY OF A NOBLEWOMAN. Ca. AD 100 - 300. A set of gold jewellery, including, from left to right: a pendant of tapering outline with a ribbed suspension loop, the central panel carved with the bust of a veiled woman and enclosed by a plain mount, finished below with twin wire drops each terminating in a garnet bead; and a gold finger ring with a broad D-section hoop expanding to an oval bezel engraved with a vegetal branch. For similar see: J. Bagot, El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 454. Size: 17-40mm x 13-17mm; Weight: 8g Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.