Lot 77
HELLENISTIC ANCIENT GREEK GOLD EARRING
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, C. 3RD - 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Auction: 26 November 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
worked gold, depicting a ram's head with a perforation going through the face for eyes and large sweeping horns, the collar decorated with a triangular pattern; the hoop emerging from the neck and formed of twisted gold, terminating in a hook, clasped to a loop in the rams' mouth
Dimensions
1.5cm across
Provenance
Acquired by Stanley J. Seeger (1930–2011);
Thence by descent.
Footnote
For a similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number 74.51.3468.