Sequin of gold for attaching to a textile, garment, or head-dress, circular with radating ribs: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Amarna, probably the Royal Tomb, New Kingdom 18th Dynasty, reign of Akhenaten, c.1353-1336 BC

Gold foil sequin pressed into a hemisphere, perforated at three points on the circumference and chased with the cartouches of King Smenkare: Ancient Egyptian, upper Egypt, Thebes, probably Valley of the Kings, 18th Dynasty, c.1338-1327 BC

Group of silver gilded sequins discovered during excavations at Whithorn Priory, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Group of silver gilded sequins discovered during excavations at Whithorn Priory, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Group of silver gilded sequins discovered during excavations at Whithorn Priory, Wigtownshire, Scotland