2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS
2ND CENTURY A.D.
Each with tapering spirally ribbed hoop mounted with convex disc with beaded border, ¾ in. (1.8 cm.) long; a pair of Roman gold earrings, each with tapering hoop with one terminal wire spirally wound back on itself, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D., 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) across; and a pair of Roman gold and pearl earrings, each with 's'-shaped ear wire terminating in a circular box setting within which is a pearl bead, 2nd-3rd Century A.D., 5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) long (6)

Provenance

Item one acquired in 1969, Paris; item two sold F. Sternberg, Antike Münzen, Zurich, 18 November 1987, lot 397; and item three acquired in 1990.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item one: Antike Kunst, Galerie Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich, 1975, no. 132.

Item one: cf. F. H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, The British Museum, London, 1969, p. 292, no. 2509, pl. LIII for similar.

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