Necklace mounted with gold coin of Emperor Valens
A.D. 364-378
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsLength: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.) necklace
Overall: 3.7 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.) pendant
Overall: 3.7 x 3.3 x 0.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/4 in.) pendant
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession number65.1
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On viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1964: with Ars Antiqua AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne (Ars Antiqua auction 5, November 7, 1964, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, lot 159); purchased at the Ars Antiqua auction for MFA by Bank Leu and Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich; January 13, 1965: purchased by MFA from Bank Leu and Co.
A.D. 340–360
320–280 B.C.
300–250 B.C.
3rd century A.D.
300–250 B.C.
about 1550–1400 B.C.
about 2400 B.C.
about 2400 B.C.