Gold Earring with Pendant and Shield

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Price £325 (GBP)

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  • Size

    0.5cm(W) x 3.5cm(L) / 0(W) x 1"(L)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    slight tarnish to the gold.

  • Materials

    gold

  • Full Description

    Gold Earring with Pendant.

    2nd Century A.D

    Plain hoop, closed-end fastened, with semispherical shield and pendant. Line of trefoil runs around the perimeter of each shield which is repeated at the centre.

    Pendant constitutes ribbed gold neck culminating in globe shape with line of trefoil running around head and base.

    Semispherical shield very popular during the Roman Period, identified by Higgins as hoop-like with shield. Similar examples found in graves of the Pleven region and can be viewed in the British Museum.