Robert Sekulovich Jewelry Designs Presents

The Authentic Ancient Jewels Collection

to purchase any of these pieces please email us at robertsekulovich@rogers.com

and now for a closer look:

US $1250

AA10: Larissa granulated choker jewel   The Thessalian forest nymph Larissa, a personification of the city of that name which was the chief town of the province of Thessaly graces the coin used in this gem. The daring three-quarter facing portrait of the nymph belongs to the highest period of ancient greek numismatic art, and the example set here is a fine one.The Larisseans were famous horse-breeders, and on the reverse a beautiful mare can be seen grazing. The silver coin of c.350 B.C. has been custom set in 22k. gold with an elaborate granulated border which follows its ovoid contour. The back features two gold loops through which a velvet or other choker can be threaded for wear.

US $650

AA11: Syracuse Persephone pendant Syracuse was the greatest of the greek colonies in the western Mediteranean and the most powerful city in Sicily. Home to Archimedes among many others, (who was born there towards the end of this coin's currency---he may even have handled THIS coin!), this bronze piece of history has most impressive credentials. Minted around 300 B.C. it features a very refined profile of Persephone, daughter of Demeter the Earth Mother and wife to Hades, god of the Underworld. Her mother secured her release from there for six months of the year, an allegory for the growing seasons, as both goddesses were associated with the abundance of the earth. The reverse features a butting bull surrounded by leaping dolphins, making it particularly a suitable gift for a Taurus... Set in a delicate band of 22k. gold it is a truly elegant and significant jewel.

US $550

AA2: Alexander The Great with garnet pendant This authentic ancient silver four drachma (tetradrachm) coin of the lifetime issue of Alexander the Great dates back to about 325 B.C. it features the full figure of Zeus, king of the gods, enthroned holding his symbol the eagle and a staff. Behind him can be read in greek "Alexandrou" ie. "of Alexander". The other side shows the world-conqueror's profile as Hercules wearing the scalp of the Nemean Lion. This coin saw circulation over the whole of Alexander's empire: from Macedon and Greece in the north and west to Egypt and Babylonia and on through Persia to his furthest conquests in northern India--an amazing range!

The sizeable (17gm) coin has been custom-set in sterling silver, with a clear-through set cabochon garnet of beautifully deep wine red colour and clarity--held up to the light it's transparency is lovely. This is due to its being set in a 'window', so the stone is also visible from the back. The stone itself has been bezeled with a silver granulated border which picks up the border around Zeus and even the way his throne's legs and back have been depicted in the coin.As always the artist has endeavored to set the ancient artifact in a way that is pleasing and organic to it.

US $550

AA9: Byzantine bronze pendant cross The ancient artifact seen here is an 9th century AD bronze pendant cross from Byzantium. From around the time of its only woman-ruler the Empress Irene who was a contemporary of the first Western Emperor since the fall of Rome, Charlemagne. On it Jesus Christ is shown crucified, his arms reaching out to the tips of the cross. the charmingly simple, even naive style of the modelling of the figure recalls certain stone relief carvings of the time as far afield as ancient Ireland. It has been set in a very simple frame of beaten 22k. gold leaving both front and back surfaces clear to the view and measures 5.5cm (2 1/8 inches) from the top of the extended suspension loop.

US $700

AAJ4:Helios of Rhodes pendant The image on this pendant comes from a greek bronze coin of Rhodes from around 160 B.C. showing the sun god Apollo-Helios wearing a crown of solar rays, facing to the right. The huge statue of this god which stood in the harbor of that city known as the Colossus of Rhodes was one of the ancient "Seven Wonders of the World". The reverse features a rose flower (in greek the 'rhodon' a pun on the city's name 'Rhodos'). Set in 22k. gold.

US $375

AAJ3:Thessalian Zeus pendant The powerful depiction of Zeus gracing this beautiful silver coin of the Thessalian League stands for the unity and independence of the Greeks following the Roman victory over the Macedonians in 197 B.C. On the reverse Athena can be seen advancing, spear and shield in hand. For fifty years longer the Greeks would have self-rule, but it was not to last. Soon all the Mediterranean basin would fall to the unstoppable Romans. This remnant of the last great days of the Greeks has been set in a sterling silver bezel which closely conforms to its eccentric shape. Hand-struck ancient coins were seldom quite round, and this one is no exception.