PAIR OF HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD LUNAR-SHAPED EARRINGS Ca. 300 - 100 BC. A matched pair of gold earrings, each composed of a flat, crescent-shaped sheet with tapering ends. The upper face is decorated with applied granules in triangular clusters and small scattered pellets, along with sinuous wire elements. The terminals are tightly wrapped with plain wire, topped with applied discs and joined to a curved ear hoop extending across the opening. For similar see: F.H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, greek, Etruscan and Roman in the British Museum. Cat. 2458, Plate LIII. Size: 17-17mm x 13-13mm; Weight: 1g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in South German private collection 1980s-early1990s.