7th-9th century AD. A bifacial gold expanding-arm cross pendant with applied barrel-shaped suspension loop; reverse with domed medallion to each arm with applied filigree collar and cross and inset amethyst to centre; obverse with an inset emerald cabochon to the centre, emerald cabochon set to the lower arm, the upper arm with inset almandine cabochon and the side arms with inset with amethyst cabochons; some stones replaced. See Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas ?stliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 525 and 526, for type; see also Ross M.C., Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2: Jewelry, Enamels and Art of the Migration Period, Washington, 2005, pl.XCVII, no.179 H, for type. 14.42 grams, 55mm (2 1/4"). Property of a London lady, part of her family's Swiss collection; formerly acquired in the 1980s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.160614/1/9/2020. Very fine condition.