Hryvna depicts seated male god or hero holding goblet with sword on knees flanked by dragon-wolf fighting three club-armed hybrid creatures. Necklace combines gold chain with blue glass medallion and symmetric griffin figures. Temple pendants from Porogi barrow use gold and glass dated 1st century. Noisy temple pendants from Sladkovsky mound attach to headdress with gold and carnelian. Earrings feature amber glass inlays from Ilovlinsky district. Crimea finds include late Roman polychrome carnelian-style jewelry of Alan ancestors. Pendant from Opushki shows breast ornament dated 3rd century. Medallion from Köln museum uses gold and glass dated 101-400 CE. Artifacts span IV BCE to IV CE in animal style from burial mounds. Jewelry widespread from Danube to Caucasus in 3rd-4th centuries. Sarmatian burials yield gold turquoise collars and glass necklaces. Figures include three-toed paw hybrids battling winged elongated wolves. Exhibition displays cult items and barrow artifacts from Don steppes. Volgograd museum holds Sarmatian gold products technique studies. Tauric Chersonesos yields 2nd-4th century pendants.
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