4th-7th century AD. A matched pair of gold earrings, each a wire hoop and band of hollow spheres with filigree cordon to the inner border, undulating filigree to the outer with granule detailing. See Wamser, L. Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, item 616 for type. 7.59 grams total, 41mm (1 3/4"). From a London collection; previously acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. [2]Very fine condition.