ROMAN HIGH KARAT GOLD EARRING WITH PELLETS Ca. AD 1 - 300. A pair of gold earrings. The one on the left is composed of openwork clustered pellets in graduated rows, with a single cylindrical setting at the top and a curved ear loop extending behind. The one on the right features a flat triangular sheet decorated with applied pellets forming a central vertical row and a horizontal base row, with a plain curved ear loop arching to the back. For similar see: F.H. Marshall, Catalogue of the Jewellery, greek, Etruscan and Roman in the British Museum. Cat. 2600, Plate LIV. Size: 19-21mm x 45999mm; Weight: 2g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in South German private collection 1980s-early1990s.