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Gold Earring

Gold Earring

Roman

Gold hoop of an earring with an attached bezel. Inside the bezel is a blue and white banded agate; a strip of twisted gold surrounds the bezel. An attachment loop on the exterior of the bezel suggests that there was more to the earring that is now lost, probably some type of pendant.

Gold

Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine

Jewelry