THREE LATE ROMAN OR EARLY DARK AGE EUROPEAN GOLD DISC PENDANTS, each with raised central boss surrounded by filigree borders and scrolls in beaded wire enclosing small gold spheres, a ribbed suspension loop above, circa 4th-5th Century A.D., ¾in. (1.8cm.) long av.; and a Villanovan circular pendant of sheet gold on a copper alloy backing, with a central scrolled design in low relief, 8th Century B.C., 1in. (2.5cm.) diam. (4)

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THREE LATE ROMAN OR EARLY DARK AGE EUROPEAN GOLD DISC PENDANTS, each with raised central boss surrounded by filigree borders and scrolls in beaded wire enclosing small gold spheres, a ribbed suspension loop above, circa 4th-5th Century A.D., ¾in. (1.8cm.) long av.; and a Villanovan circular pendant of sheet gold on a copper alloy backing, with a central scrolled design in low relief, 8th Century B.C., 1in. (2.5cm.) diam. (4)

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Items one to three: the style of work is reminiscent of various Germanic and late Roman ornaments, cf. Germanen, pl. 44 and p. 472, fig. 1

For the last item: cf. S. Cassani (ed.), The Art of the Italic Peoples from 3000 to 300 B.C., Museum Rath, Geneva, 1993-1994, no. 118, pp. 74 and 222, fig. 6