1st century BC-1st century AD. A substantial gold disc brooch with applied pin-ring and catch to the reverse for a double pin; the face with applied beaded wire ring enclosing triangular clusters of granulation and tubular cells with glass cabochon inserts (mainly red and two green) and one pear-shaped cell with garnet insert; central filigree ring enclosing a beaded wire border to the centre cell with inset carnelian gemstone. For brooch type see the Morgan Museum, New York, ref. 2012.2:14.21.61 grams, 59mm (2 1/4"). Formerly in the M. Velensky collection, London, UK, 1990s; accompanied by a copy of a five page examination report number 64/2008 by Dr. habil Mikhail Treister dated 8 December 2008; an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.168726/07/12/2020; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10351-168726. Dr. Treister writes: 'This brooch ... belongs to a rare group of late brooches which are known from... the Kuban area and maybe dated to the late 1st century BC - 1st century AD...This rare brooch with its rich variety of filigree, granulation and garnet inlays in a good state of preservation... is one of the finest known examples of the Kuban style in jewellery.' Very fine condition.