Brooch from Nogaichik barrow made of gold, garnets, green glass paste, 1st C BCE-1st C CE. Pair of bracelets feature Eros and Psyche figurines, 1st C BCE-1st C CE. Golden hryvna inlaid with blue glass made end 1st-beginning 2nd century. Hryvna diameter 14 cm, height 18 cm, ends with griffin friezes. Hryvna rough and unpolished, made for funeral. Jewelry shows Eastern Mediterranean provenance in 1st C BCE burials. Items from Peschanyj Barrow 1 burial 10 and Nogaychik Barrow. Excavated in 1974, now in Ukraine National Museum. Bracelets detailed at colorsandstones.eu link. Drawings and photos by V. Mordvintseva and Y. Zaytsev. Source in Barbarians of the North Pontic Region publication.
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