Lot 412

ANCIENT ROMAN-CYPRIOT GOLD CRESCENT EARRINGS
LIKELY 1ST CENTURY BCE - 1ST CENTURY AD

Auction: Day Two: 19 May 2022 | From 11:00
£1,063
Description
sheet gold worked into crescents with a filigree border, hook and catch above
Dimensions
3.5cm high, 2.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom, formed over the past forty years, formerly with Brigantia Antiques, York
Note:
Although this type of earring was made in Cyprus over a long period of time, most examples are probably Roman.
For similar examples from the Cesnola Collection please see; The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 74.51.3881.
