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LOT 0697
Roman Gold Earrings
4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 1/2 in. (3.6 grams total, 35-38 mm).
Matched pair, each a slender hoop with hook-and-eye closure, dangle with green glass tubular bead and provision for another similar bead. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 41, for type.
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