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Extraordinary Hellenistic Gold & Amethyst Necklace with a large intaglio bust of a maenad. Late 2nd - 1st Centuries BC. Necklace Length: 20 in. (51 cm.); Pendant Height: 1 1/2 in. (3.7 cm.) ex: private British collection, 1930's. Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures V (New York, 2007) p.34 Comparanda: Diana Kleiner & Susan Matheson; I Claudia II. Women in Roman Art & Society (Austin, 2000) Fig. 7.5 Lucia Pirzio Biroli Stefanelli; L'Oro dei Romani (Rome, 1992) no.187, 225, 226 Greifenhagen, Adolf; Schmuckarbeiten in Edelmetall Bd.2 (Berlin, 1970) pl.32 5,7