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LOT 0614
Late Eastern Greek Gold and Silver Earring Pair
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 5/8 in. (12.3 grams total, 41-42 mm).
Matched pair, each a gold open loop with bulb below supporting a silver imitation fig. [2]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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