Gold crescent-shaped earring
Cresent earrings are developed from the symmetrical hoop-type by expanding the body into a flat cresent-shaped plate. This is usually plain but sometimes decorated with borders of plain or twisted wire, minute balls like the early granular work, with filigree designs, cloisons for enamel or paste gems, or with a fringe of beads attached by wire hoops.
Cresent earrings are developed from the symmetrical hoop-type by expanding the body into a flat cresent-shaped plate. These earrings are most likely Roman.
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