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LOT 0154
Late Roman Gold Earrings with Pearl Drops
4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (13.44 grams total, 56 mm each).
Matched pair, each a crescent hoop with four gold chain dangles with pearl finials. [2]
Provenance
Ex Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, December 2010.
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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