A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD ROSETTE EARRINGS, with attached loop-in-loop ear chain, the large openwork gold rosette disc mounted with a central glass bead and with hook at back, the scrolling gold crossbar below with three pendant wires, each set with a garnet (one missing), three smaller rosette discs linked above, one with glass bead intact, circa 3rd Century A.D., Eastern Mediterranean

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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD ROSETTE EARRINGS, with attached loop-in-loop ear chain, the large openwork gold rosette disc mounted with a central glass bead and with hook at back, the scrolling gold crossbar below with three pendant wires, each set with a garnet (one missing), three smaller rosette discs linked above, one with glass bead intact, circa 3rd Century A.D., Eastern Mediterranean
3in. (7.7cm.) long av. excl. chain (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. B. Deppert-Lippitz, Goldschmuck der römerzeit, Römisch-Germanisches Zentral Museum, Mainz, 1984, Tafel III:1 for the type

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