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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.
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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
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