Silver Roman Bracelet
A Roman Silver bracelet, most likely Circa 2nd century AD, Each silver hoop is rectangular in section, gradually narrowing to a flat strip, with the overlapping ends further reducing to wires with various decorative markings. These wires are round in section, coiling back around the hoop and ending in a spiral.
Item #509
A Roman Silver bracelet, most likely Circa 2nd century AD, Each silver hoop is rectangular in section, gradually narrowing to a flat strip, with the overlapping ends further reducing to wires with various decorative markings. These wires are round in section, coiling back around the hoop and ending in a spiral.
Item #509
A Roman Silver bracelet, most likely Circa 2nd century AD, Each silver hoop is rectangular in section, gradually narrowing to a flat strip, with the overlapping ends further reducing to wires with various decorative markings. These wires are round in section, coiling back around the hoop and ending in a spiral.
Item #509
Size/Width: 9.53 cm (3 3/4th inches)
Weight: 92.34 grams
Provenance:
Freeman & Hindman’s Sale 1315, Jewelry Through the Ages: Ancient to Neoclassical, Lot 104, Private Collection (1926-2019), Chicago, formed in the 1970s-2000s
Very similar versions have sold numerous types on Christies and Sotheby’s:
See similar pair of silver bracelets sold in 2012: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-pair-of-roman-silver-bracelets-circa5628145/?from=salesummary&pos=87&intObjectID=5628145&sid=164b46bc-cba4-43f4-99f2-5e06b09ee93b
See another similar pair sold in 2018 for $3000 GBP: https://www.christies.com/lot/two-roman-silver-bracelets-circa-2nd-century-6150983/?intObjectID=6150983&lid=1
See another similar pair sold in 2014 for $3,750 GBP: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5826742?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=5826742&from=salessummary&lid=1
See another similar bracelet only in gold sold for nearly 20,000 GBP: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5826743