Gold and glass, 1.22/0.99 grams, 30.03/29.24 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A pair of delicate earrings fashioned as wire hoops, the ends secured by twisting around the shank. From these depend pendants formed from a wire threaded through a glass bead covered in gold foil, secured by looping through a small spherical red glass finial. Reference: Higgins, R.A. Greek and Roman Jewellery, London, 1961. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. This lot is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.