Unusual Gold Earring with Pendant and Shield

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Price £495 (GBP)

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  • Size

    0.5cm(W) x 4cm(L) / 0(W) x 2"(L)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    minor tarnishing

  • Materials

    gold

  • Full Description

    Unusual Gold Earring with Pendant and Shield

    2nd-3rd Century A.D

    Gold hoop fashioned from single length of gold with semispherical shield and elongated funnel-shaped pendant with blue glass bead.

    Shield has line of fluted gold which runs around perimeter and is echoed at the centre by the concentric circle boss. Pendant attaches to hoop via a loop which opens out at the head of the funnel shaped pendant with lines of granular decoration running down shaft, culminating in blue glass bead.

    In excellent condition, unusually shaped and of excellent quality.