TWO ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN PENDANTS
TWO ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN PENDANTS

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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TWO ROMAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN PENDANTS
circa 1st century a.d.
One with a flat circular stone engraved with five goats sharing one head, their shaggy bodies arranged as the spokes of a wheel, mounted in a plain gold setting bordered by twisted gold wire and surmounted by a ridged suspension loop; and one flat oval stone engraved with facing profile heads of the Dioskuri, both surmounted by a star, the bezel rimmed with braided filligree wire, with hollow hemispheres at the perimeter, a suspension loop above
in. (1.9 m) high (2)

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