A CHALCOLITHIC GOLD AMULET

CIRCA 5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A CHALCOLITHIC GOLD AMULET
Circa 5th Millennium B.C.
Of hammered sheet, the convex circle with a large central perforation and a smaller perforation at the rim near the projecting flange
1 3/16 in. (3 cm) long

Lot Essay

Similar "anthropomorphic" amulets have been found in the Balkans and Asia Minor. For examples from the village of Hotnitsa in Bulgaria see no. 161 in Marazov, ed., Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians.

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