A pair of large ancient Roman gold earrings with domed oval shields with applied spiral gold wire, with triple circular bosses below surrounded by panels of granulated gold spheres.
Ca. 1st - 3rd century AD.
Height: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm); weight: 17.71 gms (pair).
Formerly in a New York private collection; Sotheby's, New York, December 8, 2000, lot 173; Sotheby's, New York, February 8, 1985, lot 421.
