PAIR OF MATCHING HELLENISTIC HIGH KARAT GOLD LUNAR-SHAPED EARRINGS Ca. 300 - 100 BC. A matched pair of crescent-shaped earrings, each of a flat section tapering at one end into a loop and at the other into a wire that passes through the loop. The base of the loop is embellished with an applied rosette formed of seven fine granules. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.3876. Size: 18-18mm x 18-18mm; Weight: 3.6g Provenance: Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a Belgian private collection of A.G. 1980s.