Gold crescent-shaped earring

Gold crescent-shaped earring

Description:

Although this type of earring was made in Cyprus over a long period of time, most examples are probably Roman.


Other: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 BC - 99 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3880, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3880