Pair of Hellenistic Gold Lion Head Hoop Earrings 

(hung on 21-karat modern gold earwires for wear)

 

 

4th - 2nd Centuries BC

 

 

 

ex: private European collection, early 1990's

 

 

cf:  Williams, Dyfri  & Jack Ogden; Greek Gold. Jewelry of the Classical World (New York, 1994) no.132

 

 

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