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Gold necklace with crescent-shaped pendant

1st–3rd century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169
Some styles of Roman jewelry were both very long-lived and used throughout the Empire. The wheel-shaped finials and the crescent pendant, symbolic of the sun and moon, that decorate this necklace are found in jewelry from a hoard found in Britain dated to the mid-second century and in depictions on Roman mummy portraits from Egypt.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Gold necklace with crescent-shaped pendant
  • Period: Imperial
  • Date: 1st–3rd century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Gold
  • Dimensions: Other: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
  • Classification: Gold and Silver
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
  • Object Number: 21.88.90
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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