A Roman Silver Commemorative Bracelet, Severan, circa early 3rd Century A.D.

of solid oval section flattened on the inside, the tapering arms each wound in a spiral around the opposite arm, the two circular bezels each containing a repoussé gold foil medallion, one probably representing the empress Julia Domna or Plautilla, the other Caracalla or Geta.

J.J. Klejman, New York, 1964-1966 

For a Roman silver bracelet with circular central plate set with a sheet gold impression of a coin of Caracalla see Sotheby's, London, July 10th, 1972. no. 51, pl. IX (C. Vermeule, "Numismatics in Antiquity. The Preservation and Display of Coins in Ancient Greece and Rome," Schweizerische Numismatiche Rundschau, vol. 54, 1975 [Cornelius C. Vermeule, Art and Archaeology of Antiquity, vol. III, London, 2003, p. 85]). On the subject of coins and coin-like objects used in jewelry see Jutta-Annette Bruhn, Coins and Costume in Late Antiquity (Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications, vol. 9), Washington, D.C., 1993.