coin brooch;
ear-ring;
coin
- Museum number
- 1978,1002.425
- Description
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Brooch and ear-rings in gold with applied wirework and beading and set with Roman silver denarii. The ear-rings are loops in the form of wine vessels and, on the obverses of the coins, Janus and the head of a warrior. The brooch is set with a denarius showing the head of Roma. Images below.
- Production date
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1870 (circa)
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130BC-110BC (denarii)
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.40 centimetres (brooch)
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Height: 5.40 centimetres (ear-ring)
- Curator's comments
- Text from catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift (Gere et al 1984) no 377:
The design of the settings of the coins, with their projecting lugs with wirework loops and beading, is characteristic of coin-set jewellery by both Castellani and Pierret (see 376), as is the method for securing the brooch-pin with a coiled wire hinge for the pin and a cone-shaped catch (illustrated by Gere et al 1984, 922, a cameo in a Castellani setting). For more about coin-set jewellery see Gere et al 1984 (vol. 1, pp 58-9). (Charlotte Gere)
- Location
- On display (G47/dc11)
- Acquisition notes
- Cameo Corner, 26 Museum Street, London WC1. Original invoice for £500 to Anne Hull Grundy dated 3.7.1974, described as 'Set of Etruscan style brooch and earrings, coin centres with gold mounts'.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1978,1002.425
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: HG.425 (masterlist number)