71. Roman hoop earrings, 1st-3rd century AD
Gold
Maximum diameter: 2cm, minimum diameter: 1.5cm
11723 IVP
£ 900
Hollow hoop earrings with a seam along the inner curve, the ends tapering into irregularly round wires, the two ends hook into one another with a loop, one ends then...
Hollow hoop earrings with a seam along the inner curve, the ends tapering into irregularly round wires, the two ends hook into one another with a loop, one ends then twisting back on itself. Modern S-hooks.
Provenance
Private collection, Germany; acquired 19th centuryMs K. Messner, Munich, Germany; by descent from the above
