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LOT 0680
Roman Gold Earring Pair
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in (1.12 grams total, 15.5-16.5 mm).
Matched pair, each a slender hoop with graduated granule cluster. [2, No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 7a, for type.
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