Ca. 200-300 AD.A beautiful gold pendant featuring a ribbed loop and plaque with an openwork foliate border. The central cell displays a stone intaglio engraved with a left-facing portrait of Hermes, depicted in the Archaic Greek fashion. The back is plain and unworked. Adopted in the Roman pantheon as Mercury, he was the messenger of the gods and an important deity in the Graeco-Romano pantheon. This item is fully wearable and it comes with a modern necklace cord.Size: L:28.6mm / W:21.1mm ; 8.25gProvenance: Private London collector, acquired on the Austrian Art market; formerly in an old USA collection, formed since the 1970s.