TROIS COURONNES, OR, ART GREC, HELLÉNISTIQUE, CIRCA IIIE-IER S. AV. J.-C. THREE GREEK HELLENISTIC GOLD WREATHS, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C., two composed of sheet gold single and double myrtle leaves with central veins, and one of oak leaves, each attached by twisted gold wire to a diadem composed of sheet gold re-mounted over a modern metal tubular rod core, some leaves detached, largest wreath 20cm diam. Footnotes: Provenance: R.v.F. collection, Germany. Anonymous sale; Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 19 June 2009, lot 128. The most famous of these types of myrtle wreaths also combine flowers and is that of Queen Meda, found at Vergina in the tomb of Alexander the Great's father Philip II of Macedon. However, such gold wreaths have been found in burials all over the Hellenistic world including Asia Minor, the North Pontic, and Magna Graecia. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com