Gold crescent-shaped earring - image 1

Classical

Gold crescent-shaped earring

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)

Date

499 BC - 99 AD

Accession No.

74.51.3881

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3881, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.