A Hellenistic gold earring
Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.
The pendant of pyramidal form with filigree decoration including a band of scroll motifs and egg and dart ornament, surmounted by a palmette, and a Hellenistic gold medallion, the sheet gold disc die struck with a gorgon's face, with flattened suspension loop, circa 3rd Century B.C. 11mm diam. (2)
Circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.
The pendant of pyramidal form with filigree decoration including a band of scroll motifs and egg and dart ornament, surmounted by a palmette, and a Hellenistic gold medallion, the sheet gold disc die struck with a gorgon's face, with flattened suspension loop, circa 3rd Century B.C. 11mm diam. (2)
Estimate:
£1,000 - 1,500
€1,200 - 1,800
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Private collection, acquired in London in the 1970s.
Literature:
For a similar earring cf. Exhibition catalogue, The Search for Alexander, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980, fig. 12.
Category: Antiquities
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