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]

Provenance

Property of an Essex, UK, lady; received by descent from her grandfather.

Literature

Cf. 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0792