This massive armband, of the highest quality of Hellenistic metalwork and in superior condition, belongs to a type of which there are only a few other complete examples. It is constructed of a Herakles knot and an openwork band decorated with ivy tendrils bearing leaves and berries. The leaves are delicately chased, and each group of three berries is soldered to a triangular pallet. Their stems are made of hammered and tapered solid-gold wire.

The knot is composed of inlaid garnets set between two large rectangular garnet cabochons. Its design is enriched by the motif of a flowering plant bearing six gold blossoms and a whorl of leaves at its base. The large center leaf of the whorl is represented by an emerald, and the lesser leaves were enameled in green, which survives only on one small leaf. Distal to the garnet cabochons are imbricated filigree bands with extensive traces of reddish purple (manganese), green, and possibly white enamel. Of great technical achievement, the piece invites comparison with our pair of gold triton armbands (acc. nos. 56.11.5, .6), illustrating the variety of forms this class of objects assumed in the Hellenistic period.