Gold aurei of the Twelve Caesars, Early Imperial, Augustan and Julio-Claudian, ca. 46 B.C.–A.D. 68, Roman, Gold, amethyst, 7 3/4 × 15/16 in. (19.7 × 2.4 cm), Coins, The coins are mounted in a matching pair of nineteenth-century gold bracelets that are also decorated with oblong amethysts en cabochon. The jewelry was inspired by the early second-century A.D. writer Suetonius' biographies of the first twelve rulers of imperial Rome, which started with Julius Caesar and ended with Domitian
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Gold aurei, Twelve Caesars, Early Imperial, Augustan, Julio-Claudian, ca, 46 B.C.–.D, 68, Roman, Gold, amethyst, 7 3/4, 15/16, 19.7, 2.4 cm, Coins, coins, mounted, matching pair, nineteenth-century gold, bracelets, decorated, oblong amethysts, en, cabochon, jewelry, inspired, early second-century, D, writer Suetonius, biographies, first twelve, rulers, imperial Rome, started, Julius Caesar, ended, Domitian
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