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LOT 0633
Hellenistic Gold Cloak Fastener
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (7.27 grams, 28 mm).
With a round-section omega-shaped shank and knop finial; drum-shaped cell with inset garnet cloison, intaglio female profile bust with diadem, ribbed panel above the cell.
Provenance
In a Canadian collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Alberta gentleman.
From the private collection of John Lawton, Surrey, UK.
Published
Hammond, Aaron, Discovering Jewellery, A Collector's and Investor's Guide, Greenlight Publishing, Ipswich, p.424.
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