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A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS

CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

    Price Realised USD 3,500
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    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000
    A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS

    CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

    Price Realised USD 3,500
    Price Realised USD 3,500
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    A PAIR OF ROMAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
    CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
    Each formed from a plain hoop tapering to a hook-and-loop closure, decorated with a row of five single granules above a double row of granules, terminating in a box-set oval cabochon garnet fringed with granulation, the hoop supporting a fixed box-shaped pendant ornamented on the sides with twisted ribbon filigree Xs, with an inverted pyramid of hollow spheres below; fitted with modern earwires
    Each: 13⁄16 in. (21. cm.) wide

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    with Joseph G. Gerena, New York, 1999.
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