MATCHED PAIR OF GRAECO-ROMAN AMETHYST AND GOLD MELON-SHAPED EARRINGS. Ca. AD 1 - 200. A matched pair of earrings, each with a carved amethyst melon bead cut with deep longitudinal flutes and mounted axially between two gold caps of a possibly later period. Each cap is a domed filigree disc with an outer corona of granules. The upper cap features a tightly coiled suspension ring. For similar see: F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, 1912, Cat. 2700. Size: 20-20mm x 12-12mm; Weight: 6g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Munich, Germany in the 1990s.