Chain with a pendant bearing an emperor's profile in an openwork frame

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The medallion here imitates a coin portrait of an emperor, and probably dates to roughly the mid third century when the latter began sometimes to be incorporated in jewelry. It has been noted that the sheet gold pendant is so flimsy that it might not have originally hung on this particular chain, which is, by contrast, rathe sturdy.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art