3rd-2nd century BC. An amphora pendant comprising a barrel-shaped coral bead with gold caps, the upper with scrolled handles and granulated bands, the lower with filigree and granule cluster. See Despini, A., Greek Art. Ancient Gold Jewellery, Athens, 1996. 5.59 grams, 36.8mm (1 1/4"). From the private collection of a London businessman; acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. In the ancient Greek world pendants display a remarkable variety of shapes and forms. The necklaces with amphora-shaped pendants hanging from a mesh of chains and embellished with floral relief, granular and filigree decoration were popular throughout the third and into the second century BC.