Gold loop earring - image 1

Hellenistic

Gold loop earring

This very simple type of earring existed for a long time on Cyprus. Diam.: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

Date

299 BC - 299 AD

Accession No.

74.51.3831

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3831, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.