CIRCA 3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
circa 3rd century a.d.
Each with a large convex disk ornamented with a filigree double spiral of plain wire, a granule in the center of each coil, a row of granulation below, joined in back to a hoop of five twisted wires which taper to a single wire that hooks through a loop above, with a ribbed cylinder below joined to an inverted stack of three hollow balls fringed with granulation and granulated tassels
2 in. (5.1 cm.) long (2)
circa 3rd century a.d.
Each with a large convex disk ornamented with a filigree double spiral of plain wire, a granule in the center of each coil, a row of granulation below, joined in back to a hoop of five twisted wires which taper to a single wire that hooks through a loop above, with a ribbed cylinder below joined to an inverted stack of three hollow balls fringed with granulation and granulated tassels
2 in. (5.1 cm.) long (2)