288, Lot: 740. Estimate $2500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Three gold earrings with garnet stones. Romano-Parthian, 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Matching pair of earrings with round, concave shields each decorated with a garnet stone and delicate hollow-formed pendants composed of alternating fluted cylinders and globules with filigree decoration. Overall lengths: 4.5cm and 4.6cm. Lot also includes a crescent earring set with two garnets and ornamented with a filigree scroll pattern. Six pendants now missing beads. Width: 3.0cm; overall length: approx. 5.0cm. Pair of earring with typical surface damage. Plate of crescent earring with crack and small missing piece.