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LOT 440

Sold for (Inc. bp): £690

GREEK HELLENISTIC GOLD HAIR PIN
(Gold, 3.33 grams, 70.0 mm.).

Circa 4th-2nd century BC. A gold dress pin comprising a fine round-section pointed shaft topped with a gold granule; an openwork filigree disc with scroll and granule detailing and central spherical red (carnelian?) bead; a pair of filigree volute scrolls beneath the disc.

PROVENANCE:
From an old English collection.

CONDITION