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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN GOLD AND GLASS PENDANT
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The head mold-pressed of transparent pale green glass, perhaps depicting a Gorgon, with a large rounded nose and almond-shaped eyes with recessed pupils, set in sheet gold perhaps intended as a veil, the back open, with a beaded wire edge joined to a thick spiral wire, bands of opposing twisted wire, and plain wire, a ribbed suspension loop above
1½ in. (3.8 cm) long
Circa 1st Century A.D.
The head mold-pressed of transparent pale green glass, perhaps depicting a Gorgon, with a large rounded nose and almond-shaped eyes with recessed pupils, set in sheet gold perhaps intended as a veil, the back open, with a beaded wire edge joined to a thick spiral wire, bands of opposing twisted wire, and plain wire, a ribbed suspension loop above
1½ in. (3.8 cm) long