Bidspirit auction | PAIR OF HELLENISTIC/ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS

PAIR OF HELLENISTIC/ROMAN GOLD EARRINGS - Ca. 100 BC - AD 100. A matched pair of gold earrings, each with a discoid upper element inset with white inlay, framed by a twisted wire border. The disc is attached at the base to a horizontal bar, from the underside of which three loops are fixed for the suspension of pendants. The reverse is fitted with curved ear wire secured by soldered mounts. For similar see: P. Giulierini, M. Giacco, Museo Archeologico di Napoli, la collezione magnagrecia, Electa, Inv. 126423, p. 319. Size: 26.1mm x 11.9mm; Weight: 4.4g Provenance: Private London collection; previously French art market 1970s/1980s.