Roman hoop earrings, c.1st-3rd century AD
Gold
Diameter: 1.9cm
11560 IVP*
£ 980
Hollow hoop earrings with a seam along the inner curve, the ends tapering to irregularly round wires, the two ends hook into one another with a loop, the wire then twisting back on itself. Modern S-hooks.
Provenance
Private collection, FranceLiterature
Compare Patricia F. Davidson and Andrew Oliver Jr, Ancient Greek and Roman Gold Jewelry (Brooklyn, 1984), p.134, no.183
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