Mounted in Jewelry in Antiquity?

357, Lot: 373. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Uniface Sestertius (36mm, 25.89 g). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right / Blank. Cf. RIC I p. 155, obv. legend 31, bust type B. Fine, gold plated in antiquity, porous, patches of encrustation, remnants of solder around edge indicate it was previously set in a metal mount.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 1076.