Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion, ca. 539–50
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Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion

ca. 539–50

Medium
Gold, niello
Classification
Metalwork-Gold
Dimensions
Overall: 9 7/16 x 8 5/8 x 5/8 in. (23.9 x 21.9 x 1.6 cm) ring: 19 11/16 x 3/8 in. (50 x 1 cm) Medallion: 2 3/4 x 6 11/16 x 3/8 in. (7 x 17 x 1 cm) weight: 11.9oz. (338g)
Culture
Byzantine
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Medieval Art
Credit line
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art