Lot Essay
For a related example see no. 137 in Marazov, ed., Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians.
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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A THRACIAN GOLD PECTORAL
Circa 5th Century B.C.
The hammered sheet of elongated hexagonal form, embossed with four rosettes and fourteen stylized animals all from the same matrix, the edge with a raised border framed on either side by punched dots, each end with a single perforation originally used for attachment to a garment by means of two now-missing fibulae
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm) long
Circa 5th Century B.C.
The hammered sheet of elongated hexagonal form, embossed with four rosettes and fourteen stylized animals all from the same matrix, the edge with a raised border framed on either side by punched dots, each end with a single perforation originally used for attachment to a garment by means of two now-missing fibulae
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm) long