2nd century AD. A matched pair of gold earrings each an openwork disk with loop to the rear and spherical garnet bead, band of volute scrolls below with garnet beads beneath. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 50 for type. 10 grams total, 39-42mm (1 3/4"). Property of a Richmond gentleman; part of his family collection formed before 1980; thence by descent. [2] Very fine condition.