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LOT 0773
Roman Gold Shield-Shaped Earring
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.31 grams, 18.24 mm).
Comprising a plain hoop with hook-and-eye fastener, discoid shield decorated with filigree border of three bands of twisted wire and seven granules; to the centre, a bezel of spirally twisted wire; a broad hoop from previous pendant attachment. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
From the David John Dennis collection of ancient jewellery.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery: A Collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Sofia, 1991, item 32, for type.
FootnotesDavid Dennis started collecting items when he was a 10 year old boy during the Blitz in London gathering parts of nose cones from shells and other pieces of shrapnel that had fallen from the skies. After the war he turned his attentions to cigarette cards, postage stamps, bank notes, coins and eventually ancient artefacts, predominately Roman jewellery. Now living in Cumbria with his daughter he decided it was time to part with his collections.
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