A WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD NECKLACE, comprising nine quadruple wire spiral beads and a sheet gold imitation of a quadruple spiral bead, linked by spacer beads interspersed with four crescent pendants, each with raised border and three diamond-shaped box recesses for inlays (now missing) and four repoussé sun-disc pendants with a central boss with rays and six surrounding smaller bosses; a gold repoussé disc, the device with an eagle with wings outspread within a notched border, pierced for attachement, 1cm. diam.; circa 1200-1000 B.C., 9 1/8in. (23cm.) long; an Achaemenid gold repoussé disc appliqué depciting a rampant winged griffin within a ridged border, two small attachments on the underside, 1.5cm. diam.; ten repoussé trefoil leaves, pierced for attachment, each 1.5cm. across; and a sheet gold earring, tapering towards the terminals, 1in. (2.6cm.) across, circa 6th Century B.C. (7)

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A WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD NECKLACE, comprising nine quadruple wire spiral beads and a sheet gold imitation of a quadruple spiral bead, linked by spacer beads interspersed with four crescent pendants, each with raised border and three diamond-shaped box recesses for inlays (now missing) and four repoussé sun-disc pendants with a central boss with rays and six surrounding smaller bosses; a gold repoussé disc, the device with an eagle with wings outspread within a notched border, pierced for attachement, 1cm. diam.; circa 1200-1000 B.C., 9 1/8in. (23cm.) long; an Achaemenid gold repoussé disc appliqué depciting a rampant winged griffin within a ridged border, two small attachments on the underside, 1.5cm. diam.; ten repoussé trefoil leaves, pierced for attachment, each 1.5cm. across; and a sheet gold earring, tapering towards the terminals, 1in. (2.6cm.) across, circa 6th Century B.C. (7)