X c. A.D.
Constantinople
The lower side of the wire hoop has two triangular-shaped projections of granulation flanking a ring for suspension; above is another ring of beaded wire crowned by a triangle of granulation. Hoop crimped with a pair of three rings of plain and beaded wire, soldered together. 1.1” (2.8 cm).
For a similar, see: Catalog of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in The Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Washington, D.C., 1965, vol. II, cat. # 132.