Ancient Jewels and Jewelry

Pair of gold Roman earrings featuring garnets, emeralds and glass, c. 2nd to 3rd centuries CE. From Bonhams.

One of a pair of ancient Egyptian deep blue glass earrings featuring a yellow and light blue twist on the edge of the hoop. Dates to the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty, c. 1479-1425 BCE. From the collection of the World Museum.

Pair of Hellenistic Greek gold, glass, and stone earrings featuring an Egyptian Atef crown motif, c. 3rd-2nd centuries BCE. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Pair of gold filigree Greek earrings, c. 3rd-2nd centuries BCE. From Timeline Auctions

Gold and agate Phoenician earrings, c. 6th-4th centuries BCE. From Timeline Auctions

Roman gold and glass earrings, c. 1st-3rd centuries CE. From Timeline Auctions

Pair of silver Greek earrings, c. 5th century BCE. From Timeline Auctions

Greek gold and blue glass earrings, c. 3rd-4th centuries CE. From Timeline Auctions

Pair of gold Etruscan earrings depicting battling centaurs and warriors on the upper plaque sections. Date to c. late 4th to early 3rd centuries BCE. From Sotheby’s Auctions.

Pair of gold Roman earrings, c. 3rd century CE. From Christie’s auctions.

Pair of Roman gold, garnet, and glass earrings, c. 2nd-3rd centuries CE. From Christie’s auctions.

Hellenistic gold Greek hoop earrings, c. 3rd-2nd centuries BCE. Earwires are modern. From Christie’s auctions.

Roman gold and glass earrings, c. 2nd-3rd centuries CE. From Christie’s Auctions

2nd-3rd century CE gold, garnet, and imitation pearl glass Roman earrings. From Christie’s auctions.

Phoenician gold pendant earrings in the form of baskets, c. 7th-6th centuries BCE. From Christie’s Auctions.

Pair of gold and agate Hellenistic period Greek earrings, c. 1st century BCE. From Christie’s Auctions

Hellenistic period Greek gold earrings depicting Eros and featuring openwork designs and pomegranate pendants, c. 3rd-1st centuries BCE. From Christie’s Auctions