LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C./3RD CENTURY A.D.
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FIVE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C./3RD CENTURY A.D.
Comprising two Hellenistic gazelle-headed earrings with filigree tongued collar and twisted gold wire tapering hoop, one with horns missing; a similar bull-headed earring, all late 4th-3rd Century B.C.; a Roman disc earring ornament with twisted gold border set with plasma bead; and another pendant hoop earring, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D., all on velvet mount
¾ in. (2 cm.) high max. (5)
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C./3RD CENTURY A.D.
Comprising two Hellenistic gazelle-headed earrings with filigree tongued collar and twisted gold wire tapering hoop, one with horns missing; a similar bull-headed earring, all late 4th-3rd Century B.C.; a Roman disc earring ornament with twisted gold border set with plasma bead; and another pendant hoop earring, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D., all on velvet mount
¾ in. (2 cm.) high max. (5)
Provenance
An old ink inscribed label reads "Antique Roman gold and jewelled earrings - discovered in Cyprus while excavating. Basil Lawrence."
Special notice
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