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LOT 1890
Gold and Diamond Pendant Necklace with Pseudo-Coin
21ST CENTURY A.D.
19 3/4 in. (50.53 grams, 50 cm).
Necklace of braided gold wire; discoid pendant with encrusted guilloche motif, central pseudo-coin with profile bust; pendant hallmarked '750 Ru.64'.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12923-244255.
Cf. for a coin of Alexander with a similar portrait Touratsoglou, I., Macedonia, History, Monuments, Museums, Athens, 1996, p.30, fig.31.
FootnotesThe profile bust here represented is a portrait of Alexander the Great, fashioned after coins of the Macedonian leader.
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