MATCHED PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS. Ca. 100 BC - AD 100 A matched pair of gold earrings, each formed from a flattened hoop with the ends meeting in a loop-and-hook closure and suspending a large hollow spherical pendant, the outer face with a shield-shaped plate framed by a fine twisted border. Size: 26-27mm x 12-13mm; Weight: 2.6g. Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Munich, Germany in the 1990s.