A PAIR OF EASTERN ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each U-shaped, formed of sheet with a border of rope wire on each side, the obverse with a bezel-set pointed garnet, both sides ornamented with domes, each centered by a granule, clusters of granulation and scrolling filigree twisted wires, the front edge with a domed shield centered by a granule and bordered by twisted wire, the arching hoop hooked around the loop above, an inverted pyramid of hollow spheres along the lower edge; joined to modern ear hooks
Each: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm.) long (2)
A PAIR OF EASTERN ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each U-shaped, formed of sheet with a border of rope wire on each side, the obverse with a bezel-set pointed garnet, both sides ornamented with domes, each centered by a granule, clusters of granulation and scrolling filigree twisted wires, the front edge with a domed shield centered by a granule and bordered by twisted wire, the arching hoop hooked around the loop above, an inverted pyramid of hollow spheres along the lower edge; joined to modern ear hooks
Each: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm.) long (2)
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