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LOT 0792
Roman Gold Earrings with Pillar Drops
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 - 1 in. (5.40 grams Total, 40.15-16.55 mm).
Matched pair, each a wire hoop with hook-and-eye closure, domed shield with central filigree ring, radiating granules and braided filigree to the rim; corrugated tubular dangle with granule cluster finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, lady; received by descent from her grandfather.
LiteratureCf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, pl.LII, item 2377, for type.
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Opening Bid: £1,000
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