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Historical Archive: Gold, Late 8th to 11th century Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 750-800?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works see Nagyszentmiklós. Enger reliquary, late 8th c., KGM (This object has its own page.) star fibula, gold with copper back plate, late 8th-early 9th c., CMA 2009.344. For another view see CMA. Talisman de Charlemagne, gold, sapphire, other gems; 9th c., Tau. This work has its own page. top jewel of "Escrain de Charlemagne", aquamarine intaglio of Flavia Julia Titi (d. 91 CE) (unengraved side), sapphires, and pearls in gold, 9th c. (3rd quarter?), CdM Chab. 2089 top jewel of "Escrain de Charlemagne", aquamarine intaglio of Flavia Julia Titi (d. 91 CE) (engraved side), sapphires, and pearls in gold, 9th c. (3rd quarter?), CdM Chab. 2089 Cross fr. West Frankish territory, gold/garnet/glass/enamel c.800, poss. fr. Quiercy, BNM 21/92 Louis the Pious (814-40) gold solidus. For more examples, see Carolingian coins. Stephansbursa, gold repoussé reliefs, early 9th c., Vienna Kunsthistorisches Museum Schatzkammer. This object has its own page. Ste. Foi reliquary (Majesté de Sainte Foi), 9th c. and later, Conques, abbey treasury. For details see Conques. Cushion of St. Rémi, silk and gold embroidery, Alpheid c.852; on 10th c. silk. This work has its own page. paten, metalwork mid to second half 9th c., serpentine plate 1st c. BCE/CE, fish inlay poss. 4th/5th c., Louvre MR 415. This work has its own page. Lindau Gospels upper cover, gold/gems, c.870-80, Morgan MS M. 1, which has its own page. Arnulf Ciborium, c.890, Munich Residenz, Schatzkammer (This object has its own page.) Alfred Jewel: gold, enamel, and rock crystal, late 9th c., Ashmolean Alfred Jewel: gold, enamel, and rock crystal, late 9th c., Ashmolean pendant reliquary, Constantinople 10th-11th c., BM AF.354, which has its own page al-Muqtadir bi-Ilah (Abbasid caliph 908-32), gold donation dinar 916-17, Hermitage OH-B-Aз-5153 Lothar cross, gold and gems on wood core, c.985, AachenCT, which has its own page eagle fibula from Stadthausstraße/ Schusterstraße Mainz; gold, enamel, and sapphire; c.1000; LMM O,1518 eagle fibula from Stadthausstraße/ Schusterstraße Mainz; gold, enamel, and sapphire; c.1000; LMM O,1518 Byzantine pendant cross, gold with emeralds, enamel, 11th c., V&A M.386-1911 gold rings with filigree and granulation; Egypt, Syria, or Iran 11th-12th c., BM 1954,0412.1 and AF2448. For another view see BM. reliquary tablet, 11th c?, Halberstadt, cathedral treasury 46. For details see Halberstadt. gold altar frontal, early 11th c., Aachen cathedral. The altar and cathedral have their own pages. Basel antependium, gold and gems on wood, early 11th c., Cluny Cl. 2350. This work has its own page. Hildesheim Madonna, gold/gems on wood core, c.1010-15, HildMus DS82, which has its own page Book cover, gold/ivory/gems/enamel, metalwork c.1020, AachenCT. The cover has its own page. gold coin of Constantine VII (nomisma histamenon), Constantinople 1025-28, DO BZC 1960.125.66 Romanus III Argyrus gold nomisma histamenon reverse, 1028-34, NBM gold coin of Constantine IX Monomachos (nomisma), Constantinople 1042-55, DO BZC 1948.17.2908 plaques from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM: this object has its own page. Guelph Cross; gold, silver gilt, gems, pearls, enamel, and niello on wood core; Milan bef. 1045 or central/south Italy, early 12th c; KGM W1. This work has its own page Portable altar of Countess Gertrude, c.1045, CMA 1931.462. This object has its own page. Countess Gertrude cross: gold, gems, and enamel on wood core, c.1045, CMA 1931.55. This object has its own page. Count Liudolf cross: gold, gems, and enamel on wood core, c.1045, CMA 1931.461. For details see CMA. paten of Archbishop Gervais, silver/gold, mid 11th c., Tau chalice of Archbishop Gervais, gold, mid 11th c., Tau. For detail see Reims. Osnabrück processional cross, gold and gems, c.1050 and later, Osnabrück diocesan museum Osnabrück processional cross, gold and gems, c.1050 and later (late portion), Osnabrück diocesan museum Empress Theodora (1055-56) gold histamenon, DO Romanus IV Diogenes and Eudocia gold nomisma histamenon, reverse, Constantinople 1068-71, NBM nomisma histamenon of Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1078–81), electrum, DO BZC