3rd century A.D. A heavy gold braceletposed of a round-section twisted wire hoop, corrugated tubular sleeves with capped ends, oval box setting with tapering sides set with a polished truncated conical banded agate cabochon; hinge closure with one fixed side, the other side with a removable pin. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number , for similar bracelet; cf. Marshall, F.M., Catalogue of the Finger Rings Greek, Etruscan and Roman in the Departments of Antiquities of the British Museum, London, 1907 (1968), for the type, pl. LXV, nos.2813-2815; Vernier, É., Catalogue Général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musee du Caire, du Musee de Caire, Bijoux et orfèvreries, Le Caire, 1907, pl.XII, , pl.XIII ; Davidson P.F. & Oliver Jnr. A., Ancient Greek and Roman Gold Jewellery in the Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1984, fig.208, p.152. 48.52 grams, 59 mm wide (2 3/8 in.). Old Swiss private collection. Private collection, acquired in 2003. Apanied by an academic expertise by Dr. Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate no.11325-189860. The find spots of such bracelets in Roman Egypt points to Alexandria as a possible centre of production. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions .]