Circa 600 AD The arms with rounded-off terminals, tapering in towards the centre, with a large raised cup-like setting with emerald, on the opposite side a garnet, alongside four colettes of pearls, with a gold attachment loop above. For a solid silver example with a glass setting and for a smaller solid gold example: Cf. Exhibition Catalogue, Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, (Munich 2004), nos. 518 & 519, p.310-311. Also for the type, cf. Gonosová & Kondoleon, Art of Late Rome and Byzantium, (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts), no. 38. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. Size: L:45mm / W:35mm; 6.7g Provenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between early 1960s to 1990s.