A LARGE PARTHIAN GOLD EARRING IN THE FORM OF EROS, with hair in ribbed coiffure with central double chignon, two coils above the shoulders, standing with hands on hips, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., 1 1/8in. (2.6cm.) long; two Hellenistic gold earrings each with winged Eros, one holding a phiale (recent hook), circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C.; eight other single gold earrings, three with pendant pearls, one with recent brooch clasp, mainly Roman to Sassanian periods; a Roman gold necklet clasp of openwork wheel-like form, circa 3rd Century A.D.; and a necklet strung with variously-shaped sheet gold and granulated beads, mainly Roman period or earlier (13)

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A LARGE PARTHIAN GOLD EARRING IN THE FORM OF EROS, with hair in ribbed coiffure with central double chignon, two coils above the shoulders, standing with hands on hips, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., 1 1/8in. (2.6cm.) long; two Hellenistic gold earrings each with winged Eros, one holding a phiale (recent hook), circa 3rd-2nd Century B.C.; eight other single gold earrings, three with pendant pearls, one with recent brooch clasp, mainly Roman to Sassanian periods; a Roman gold necklet clasp of openwork wheel-like form, circa 3rd Century A.D.; and a necklet strung with variously-shaped sheet gold and granulated beads, mainly Roman period or earlier (13)

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