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Diamond Studded Gold Necklace Featuring a Roman Bronze Sestertius of Emperor Gordian III - FJ.4239A
Origin: Found in Geresa, Jordan
Circa: 238
AD
to 244
AD
Collection: Jewelry
Medium: Bronze, Diamond
Additional Information: f
Location: Great Britain
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This ancient coin is mounted in a superb
necklace of 18 karat gold set with 252
genuine
round fully-cut diamonds, with a total
weight
of
5.48 carats, with 3 baguette diamonds with
a
total weight of 0.6g carats, and with 2
cabochon
sapphires with a total weight of 0.36
carats.
M. Antoninus Gordianus, grandson of the
ill-
fated Emperor Gordian I and nephew of
Gordian
II, was born about AD 225. After his
grandfather
and uncle perished in their revolt against
the
Emperor Maximinus in AD 238, Gordian III
was
given the title of Caesar by Balbinus and
Pupienus, the two Co-Emperors set up by
the
Roman Senate in opposition to Maximinus.
When
these two were also murdered, Gordian III
was
proclaimed Augustus by the Praetorian
Guard.
Although very young at the time of his
ascension, Gordian was a modest and
restrained
ruler of independent mind who showed
great
promise for the future. In AD 244 he went
to
personally direct the campaign in the
Persian
East, where he met with great initial
success.
However, due to the treachery of the
Praetorian
Prefect, Julius Philipus, the loyalty of the
army
was undermined and Gordian was
deposed
and
murdered in Mesopotamia, to be
succeeded
by
the ambitious Philip.
One glance at this splendid necklace
makes
us
aware of its beauty, its rarity, its
preciousness.
We know instinctively that it is a unique
jewel,
destined to adorn someone equally unique.
The
elements that dazzle our senses-- the
radiant
gold, the fiery gems, the classic design--
speak
a universal language, one understood in
any
place at any time. Anyone gazing upon this
jewel
may fall under its spell, but only one will
know
the pleasure of wearing it. Adornment for
those
who enjoy being one-of-a-kind.
- (FJ.4239A)
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