2nd century AD. A matching pair of gold earrings, each an openwork disc with a central spherical garnet bead and hook to the rear, a stepped bar below with three pearl drops beneath. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 52, for type. 6.04 grams total, 34mm (1 1/4"). Ex Faustus Gallery and Jack Ogden, 1970-1980s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.160652/01/09/2020. [2]