Hryvnia, torkves - a fragment of neck ornament that had the form of a smooth or twisted hoop made of precious metal. In the historical period before Kievan Rus, most often from gold, later from silver. It was used as a monetary unit in Kyivan Rus. Gold jewelry from a rich burial of a Sarmatian leader of the 1st century.
A hoop shaped neck ornament, made up of twisted gold rods. Createated by the Sarmatian people and excavated from a 1st Century burial mount near Porohy in Vinnytsia Oblast. Torques of this kind were used as a monetary unit in Kyivan Rus'.
A polychrome gold diadem from the 1st half of the 5th century C.E. Gold plates decorated with amber, garnet, carnelian, grains (gold drops) on a bronze base. Weight: 50.25 g . Length: 23.5 cm.
In Soviet times, the panel "The Tree of Life" was part of the decor of a Mariupol restaurant called "Ukraine" (now - "Aristocrat"). The sketches were made by the mosaic makers themselves.
