late 7th-8th century CE
Horseshoe-shaped ornament with 3 holes.
2 x 2 x 0.2 cm (13/16 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
The donor Bruce Ferrini, a leading dealer in manuscripts and early writing situated in Akron, Ohio has had these objects for some time.
Copper alloy, glass or amber inlays
8th-7th century BCEItalicCopper alloy
2nd-3rd century CERomanMixed copper alloy and gold
11th-12th centuryByzantineBronze
8th century BCEGreekMixed copper alloy
7th-11th centuryAnglo-SaxonCopper alloy
Unidentified centuryUnidentified cultureGold
19th centuryUnidentified cultureCopper alloy
2nd-4th century CERomanCopper alloy
7th-8th centuryAvarGilt copper alloy
7th-8th centuryAvarAgate
3rd millennium BCESumerian