A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND CORNELIAN EARRINGS 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. Each hoop mounted with a 'crown of Isis' composed of a central tear-drop shaped cornelian inlay surrounded by beaded wire, hung with a rigid cylindrical pendant terminating in a large sphere with granulated pyramid below; and a pair of Roman gold, garnet and glass earrings, each with tapering hoop mounted with a tear-drop box setting surrounded by spheres and with glass inlay, a triple collared pendant below with central garnet inlay surrounded by a pyramid of gold sphere and granule clusters, some damage, 3rd Century A.D. 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) and 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long respectively (4)
A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND CORNELIAN EARRINGS 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. Each hoop mounted with a 'crown of Isis' composed of a central tear-drop shaped cornelian inlay surrounded by beaded wire, hung with a rigid cylindrical pendant terminating in a large sphere with granulated pyramid below; and a pair of Roman gold, garnet and glass earrings, each with tapering hoop mounted with a tear-drop box setting surrounded by spheres and with glass inlay, a triple collared pendant below with central garnet inlay surrounded by a pyramid of gold sphere and granule clusters, some damage, 3rd Century A.D. 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) and 2 in. (5.1 cm.) long respectively (4)
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