A PAIR OF EAST ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET PENDANT EARRINGS CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Each with hoop mounted with a domed shield, suspended with a spirally twisted pendant gold wire hung with a garnet bead, 5/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high; another gold pendant earring, the 'S'-shaped hoop with tear-shaped gold box setting with garnet inlay, with pendant below in the form of a hollow gold sphere with ribbed collar and cluster of pendant granules, 1 5/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high; a gold tear-shaped pendant with filigree rope-pattern border and central garnet inlay in serrated gold setting, a filigree rhomb below, suspension loop above, 5/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high, both circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and a Hellenistic gold twisted hoop earring with sheet gold figure of winged Eros surmounted by a cabochon garnet, circa 3rd Century B.C., ¾ in. (2 cm.) high (5)
A PAIR OF EAST ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET PENDANT EARRINGS CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN Each with hoop mounted with a domed shield, suspended with a spirally twisted pendant gold wire hung with a garnet bead, 5/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high; another gold pendant earring, the 'S'-shaped hoop with tear-shaped gold box setting with garnet inlay, with pendant below in the form of a hollow gold sphere with ribbed collar and cluster of pendant granules, 1 5/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high; a gold tear-shaped pendant with filigree rope-pattern border and central garnet inlay in serrated gold setting, a filigree rhomb below, suspension loop above, 5/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high, both circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and a Hellenistic gold twisted hoop earring with sheet gold figure of winged Eros surmounted by a cabochon garnet, circa 3rd Century B.C., ¾ in. (2 cm.) high (5)
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