Circular gold mount with an amethyst cabochon, 5th - 6th century

A circular gold mount set with an amethyst cabochon.

Byzantine, 5th - 6th century AD.

Measures 2cm in diameter.

Weighs 2.52 grams.

The roundel, a jewelled fragment, consists of a circular wire frame centring an asymmetrical gold plaque set with a claw-mounted amethyst cabochon, carved to a pointed tip.

Provenance: Private English Collection, formed between the late 1970’s - early 1990’s.