18CT GOLD AND COIN PENDANT NECKLACE, BULGARI, CIRCA 1980
Estimate $2,000 – $3,000
Centring an ancient coin depicting a man in profile, bezel-set in a geometric motif surround surmounted with a buff top ruby, completed by a flattened curb link chain, length approximately 430mm, the reverse of the pendant inscribed ROMA-HADRIANVS AVG 117-138, signed Bulgari, Italian maker's mark.
- Lot Sold $4,500 (Hammer Price)
- $5,490 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Literature
Amanda Triossi, Between Eternity and History, Bulgari, From 1884 to 2009, 125 Years of Italian Jewels, Skira, Milan, 2009, pp. 167-175 (illustrated, another example).
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