BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING WITH SQUARE BEZEL. Ca. AD 400 - 600. A gold earring formed of a circular hoop attached to a rectangular box-shaped bezel set with a flat, square-cut green gem framed by a narrow rim. A coiled wire rod is suspended from the hoop by a small ring. For similar see: J. Spier, Byzantium and the West: Jewelry in the First Millennium, Inv. 10.2, p. 74. Size: 30mm x 20mm; Weight: 1.5g Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the German art market, Munich before 2000.