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BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING

$500.00

end of VI-VII c. A.D.

Solid round wire hoop with “hoop and hook” fastener. A granulated pyramid pendant with clusters of granulation at all corners suspended from the hoop by a vertical tube. L. 37 mm.
A similar single earring was found at Szegvar-Sapoldal cemetery of Avarian Khaganate in a male grave: Istvan Bona. A Szegvar-sapoldali lovassir. Adatok a korai avar temetkezesi szokhasokhoz (Das Reitergrab von Szegvar-Sapoldal. Beiträge zu den frühawarischen Bestattungssitten). ArchErt 106/1, 1979, Abb. 2-5).

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