COLLECTION OF HELLENISTIC GOLD EARRINGS. Ca. 300 BC A collection of two matching pairs of gold earrings, including, from left to right: a pair of boat-shaped hoops tapering towards the fastening, each ornamented with the ring of rounded bosses at mid-section; and a pair of slender hoop earrings, each fronted by a red inset held in a high collet framed by a fine beaded border. Size: 13-16mm x 10-15mm; Weight: 1.9g. Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Munich, Germany in the 1990s. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli Ori di Taranto in Età Ellenistica, Cat. 65, 81, 94.