Origin: Syria (Antioch) Circa: 234 AD to 305 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Bronze-Gold-Gem Additional Information: This magnificent coin is set in an 18 karat gold pendant  More »

Origin: Syria (Antioch) Circa: 234 AD to 305 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Bronze-Gold-Gem Additional Information: This magnificent coin is set in an 18 karat gold pendant and strung in a necklace with genuine carnelian beads, genuine malachite beads, and with a 14 karat gold clasp. Diocletian brought a renewed prosperity to the Roman world and lifted it out of a time of turmoil. The wearer of this necklace will also be uplifted, if only by its sheer beauty and by the secret pleasure of wearing something uniquely wonderful. - (FJ.1611)   « Less

Origin: Coin Found in Sebastia Circa: 117 AD to 138 AD Collection: Jewelry Style: Beaded Coin Necklaces Medium: Onyx, Gold, Silver Hadrian spent much of his reign  More »

Origin: Coin Found in Sebastia Circa: 117 AD to 138 AD Collection: Jewelry Style: Beaded Coin Necklaces Medium: Onyx, Gold, Silver Hadrian spent much of his reign traveling about the Roman Empire and checking into the well - being of the cities, towns, provinces, and ordinary citizens over whom he ruled. He was always interested in civic improvements, and would often have a new bridge, road, aqueduct, or temple built when he thought that the local citizens would benefit by such new construction. The reign of Hadrian at the height of the PAX ROMANA period was a time of great peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire. He continued the public works building projects that his adoptive father Trajan began and strengthened the defenses on the borders of the empire. Because of attacks on Roman citizens living in southern Britain, he built Hadrian's Wall across a narrow part of the island. Hadrian was an educated emperor and a patron of the arts. He spent most of his reign visiting the different provinces of the empire and personally overseeing the improvements and public works carried out under his orders. Like Trajan and Nerva before him, he adopted a grown man in order to make him heir to the throne. When his first adopted son Aelius Caesar died of illness, Hadrian adopted another, Antoninus Pius, who would succeed him when Hadrian died in his bed after a long illness.How many hands have touched a coin in your pocket or purse? What eras and lands have the coin traversed on its journey into our possession? As we reach into our pockets to pull out some change, we rarely hesitate to think of who might have touched the coin before us, or where the coin will venture to after it leaves our hands. More than money, coins are a symbol of the state that struck them, of a specific time and location, whether contemporary currencies or artifacts of a long forgotten empire. This stunning hand-struck coin reveals an expertise of craftsmanship and intricate sculptural detail that is often lacking in contemporary machine- made currencies. While the legend of Hadrian will live on in the ruins his monumental constructions, perhaps his memory is no better preserved than in coins such as this: intimate memorials passed from the hands of civilization to civilization, from generation to generation that appear as vibrant today as the day they were struck. - (FJ.1620)   « Less

Origin: Israel (Sebastia, Samaria) Circa: 117 AD to 138 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Silver-Onyx-Gold Additional Information: This lovely coin has been set in an 18 karat  More »

Origin: Israel (Sebastia, Samaria) Circa: 117 AD to 138 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Silver-Onyx-Gold Additional Information: This lovely coin has been set in an 18 karat gold pendant and strung in a necklace with genuine black onyx beads and a 14 karat gold clasp.   « Less

Origin: Asia Minor Circa: 202 BC to 133 BC Collection: Jewelry Style: Beaded Coin Necklaces Medium: Silver, Lapis Lazuli Additional Information: This coin was found near  More »

Origin: Asia Minor Circa: 202 BC to 133 BC Collection: Jewelry Style: Beaded Coin Necklaces Medium: Silver, Lapis Lazuli Additional Information: This coin was found near Ephesus, Asia Minor. The Ionian city of Ephesus was one of the great capitals of antiquity, famed for its beautiful architecture and its luxurious and cultured lifestyle. This sumptuous necklace, dazzling to the eye and mind alike, captures the sensibility of the ancient town. For a woman who knows that life's riches cannot always be counted. - (FJ.1628)   « Less

Silver Denarius of Emperor Caracalla - C.9953Origin: MediterraneanCirca: 210 AD to 213 ADCollection: NumismaticsStyle: RomanMedium: Silver.Caracalla was born April 4,188 in  More »

Silver Denarius of Emperor Caracalla - C.9953Origin: MediterraneanCirca: 210 AD to 213 ADCollection: NumismaticsStyle: RomanMedium: Silver.Caracalla was born April 4,188 in Lyon, where his father, Septimius Severus, was serving as governor of the province of Gallia Lugdunensis under Emperor Commodus. His name was changed from Lucius Septimius Bassianus to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus at the age of seven. The name change was a way of connecting the family of Severus to that of the Antonines. The nickname Caracalla was taken from the name of a type of cloak popularized by the emperor, but this nickname, originally derisive, was never used officially. From the time of his name change to Antoninus, Caracalla was the designated heir of Severus. Less than three years later he was proclaimed emperor, officially joining his father as co-rulers of the empire. At the age of 14, he was married to the daughter of the praetorian prefect Plautianus, but the teenager despised his wife. The marriage ended less than three years later and there were no children. Upon his father’s death in 211, Caracalla ruled the empire jointly with his brother, Geta, until he was murdered later the same year, leaving Caracalla in sole control at the age of 23. The year 212 saw a flurry of administrative reforms under the young emperor's leadership. Soldiers received increases in pay and in legal rights, but the most noteworthy change was the bestowal of Roman citizenship upon all free residents of the empire. Construction was also well underway on the magnificent baths in Rome that would bear the emperor's name. In 217, Caracalla was assassinated on the road back from his military campaigns against the Partians in the east. Although Caracalla remains a rather dubious figure, historians often overlook the energetic, reformist and even intellectual character of Caracalla's reign. The changes brought about in the little more than five years of Caracalla's sole rule would have long-lasting implications throughout the empire for generations to come.   « Less

Origin: Israel (Sebastia, Samaria) Circa: 117 AD to 138 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Silver-Onyx-Gold Additional Information: This remarkable coin is set in an 18 karat  More »

Origin: Israel (Sebastia, Samaria) Circa: 117 AD to 138 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Silver-Onyx-Gold Additional Information: This remarkable coin is set in an 18 karat gold pendant and strung in a necklace with genuine lapis lazuli beads, genuine red jasper beads, genuine hametite beads, genuine black onyx beads, and with a 14 karat gold clasp. This striking necklace glows with the rich colors of an ancient palace fresco-- earth reds, midnight blue, ebony, gold and silver. Wearing it, we are transported to other times and places, to the palace of the imagination. - (FJ.1629)   « Less

Origin: Israel (Jerusalem) Circa: 68 CE to 68 CE Collection: Jewish Medium: Bronze-Gold-Onyx Additional Information: This magnificent coin is set in an 18 karat gold star  More »

Origin: Israel (Jerusalem) Circa: 68 CE to 68 CE Collection: Jewish Medium: Bronze-Gold-Onyx Additional Information: This magnificent coin is set in an 18 karat gold star of david pendant and strung in a necklace with genuine black onyx beads, 14 karat gold beands and with a 14 karat gold clasp. This striking necklace proclaims a proud heritage, the enduring desire for freedom. To wear it is to remember the past, but also to accept the responsibility for the future. - (FJ.1661)   « Less

Origin: Israel (Sebastia, Samaria) Circa: 117 AD to 138 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Silver-Bead-Gold Additional Information: This ancient coin is set in an 18 karat gold  More »

Origin: Israel (Sebastia, Samaria) Circa: 117 AD to 138 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Silver-Bead-Gold Additional Information: This ancient coin is set in an 18 karat gold pendant and strung in a necklace with genuine aquamarine beads and with a 14 karat gold clasp. At the height of the Roman Empire, Aquamarine was one of the favorite gems worn by the nobility. Its pale brilliance was compared to the color of sunlight on a calm sea, and it was thought to bring peace and tranquility to the wearer. This exquisite necklace blends the soft glow of aqua with bright gold and a silver coin from Rome’s Golden Age. Such a jewel would have caused a sensation in the palaces of Ancient Rome. It will certainly have the same effect wherever it is worn today. - (FJ.1663)   « Less

Origin: Jordan (Geresa) Circa: 238 AD to 244 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Bronze-Gold-Onyx Additional Information: This magnificent coin is set in an 18 karat gold  More »

Origin: Jordan (Geresa) Circa: 238 AD to 244 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Bronze-Gold-Onyx Additional Information: This magnificent coin is set in an 18 karat gold pendant and strung in a necklace with genuine black onyx beads and with a 18 karat gold clasp. The Emperors of Rome understood how to awe their subjects with lavish public appearances. They paraded before them arrayed in splendor and riches, metaphors for the glory of the Empire. This superb necklace follows in that imperial tradition; whoever wears it will appear regal indeed! - (FJ.1665)   « Less

Origin: Israel (Sebastia, Samaria) Circa: 98 AD to 117 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Silver-Gold-Onyx Additional Information: This superb coin is set in an 18 karat gold  More »

Origin: Israel (Sebastia, Samaria) Circa: 98 AD to 117 AD Collection: Roman Medium: Silver-Gold-Onyx Additional Information: This superb coin is set in an 18 karat gold pendant and strung in a necklace with genuine black onyx beads and with a 14 karat gold clasp. The subtle opulence of this necklace leaps out to catch the eye. Trajan understood the power of understatement when he built his great public buildings in Rome, and he surely would have approved of this simple yet elegant jewel. - (FJ.1666)   « Less