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In the 500s and early 600s, when the Avars were regularly receiving enormous payments from the Byzantine Empire, virtually all free men and women wore distinctive large earrings fashioned from the pure gold of melted Byzantine coins.
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Title: One of a Pair of Gold Earrings
Date: 550–650
Culture: Avar
Medium: Gold
Dimensions:
2 3/16 × 7/8 × 13/16 in., 0.514 Troy Ounces (5.6 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm, 16g)
Other (hoop): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Other (bead): 1 1/4 x 13/16 x 13/16 in. (3.1 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Gold
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.191.5
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