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LOT 0156
Roman Heavy Gold Earring Pair
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (13.07 grams total, 30-31 mm).
Matched pair of earrings, each a square-section crescent with later hook at the apex, two applied granule clusters; at the lower edge, a cluster of four large granules with smaller granule clusters beneath. [2]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, UK.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 0156
Roman Heavy Gold Earring Pair
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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