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treasures-and-beauty:

Moche silver nose ornament decorated with gold intertwined serpents,
dated to 390 to 450 CE. Found in Peru, the nose ornament is currently
located in the Met.

carolathhabsburg:

“Mercure et Minerve” cameo and gold tiara. 1820s

gemma-antiqua:

gdfalksen:

Royal finger rings from anglo-saxon England belonging to King Ethelwulf and his daughter Queen Ethelswith 828-858 A.D.

Aethelwulf (also spelled Ethelwulf) of Wessex is the father of Alfred the Great, and Aethelswith is Alfred’s sister, who married one of the last independent kings of Mercia.