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Gold aureus of Nero. Roman 66–67 CE. x
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Early 1900s Oyster Pendant, Gold and Pearl
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Gold ring with mother of pearl, Roman, 4th century AD
from The J. Paul Getty Museum
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Reliquary cross that supposedly belonged to Mary Queen of Scots, English or Spanish, 16th century
from The Hunt Musuem, Limerick
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The icon of Our Lady of Philermos is, more than any other, the most sacred representation to which, for centuries, the Knights of the Order of Malta have been devoted. It is the symbol par excellence of the Marian spirituality of the ancient Order of the Hospitallers of St. John.
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Reverse of a gold brooch, inscribed in Medieval French ‘Ours and Always at your Desire’, 1400. The Victoria & Albert Museum. Via: Erica Weiner.
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