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LOT 0728

Roman Gold Boat-Shaped Earring Pair

1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 in. (5.06 grams total, 28-29 mm).

Matched pair, each a hollow-formed crescent with filigree closure, cluster of hollow granules to the underside. [2]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1994.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 1, for type.

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LOT 0728

Roman Gold Boat-Shaped Earring Pair

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

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