Pair of Late Roman - Byzantine Gold Earrings

(hung on modern 21-karat gold earwires for wear)

The small hoops, with blue glass beads and sailor's knot chains date to the Imperial Roman period.

 

 

 

Disks: 7th - 6th Centuries BC; ear hoops & chains 2nd-3rd Centuries AD.

 

 

Ex: private American collection, 1980's

 

 

cf:  Rudolph, Wolf  & Barbara Deppert; A Golden Legacy : Ancient Jewelry from the Burton Y. Berry Collection at the Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, 1995) no.22.L-M

 

 

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