Pearl circle

Roman Aureus (36 BC AD Z.) with incompletely embossed pearl circle
Castilian Maravedi (c 1475) with bead and reel

A pearl circle (also pearl rim or pearl ring; French grènetis, German Perlkreis, Perlrand, Perlreif) is a circular arrangement of fine, raised points or "pearls" on the edge of coins;[1] it also sometimes appears in round or oval frames. It can be considered a relative or subsidiary form of the bead and reel motif.

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