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5788. LYDIA, SARDES, ca. 575 BC. EL 1/3 Stater. Lion hd. with sunburst on nose/2 punchmarks. Rare. AEF.
5711. MYSIA, KYZIKOS, ca. 550-475 BC. Electrum Hecte, Young male hd. l./Four-part incuse. VF. Rare.
5712. LESBOS, MYTILENE, ca. 480-330 BC. Electrum Hecte, 2.46 gm., 11 mm. Forepart boar r./Snarling lion head in incuse r. VF. Rare.
5713. PERSIA, ACHAEMENID KINGS, 450-330 BC. Gold Daric. The Great King with bow & spear/Incuse punch. EF. Removable deposits.
5714. THRACE, KOSON, 1st century BC. Gold Stater, Sear 1733. Brutus, the assassin of Caesar, and 2 lictors walking l./Eagle with wreath. EF. Struck after Caesar's death by the command of Brutus. Better metal and surface than image shows.
5715. AUGUSTUS, 27 BC-14 AD. Gold Aureus. /Caius & Lucius Caesars stg. with spears and shields. VF. Rare.
5716. TRAJAN, 98-117 AD. Gold Aureus, 7.45 gm. 98-99 AD, RIC 8. /Roma std. l. with Victory and parazonium, PM TR P COS II PP. Minute scratch in field in front of nose. EF.
5717. TRAJAN, 98-117 AD. Gold Aureus, 7.26 gm. 114-117 AD, RIC 320. /Fortuna std. l. with cornucopia and rudder, FORT RED in ex. EF.
5718. PAIR OF SCYTHIAN OR WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD HAIR ORNAMENTS, VII cent.
B.C. Each composed of convex round sheet with beaded wire perimeter,
granulated triangles forming central ten-pointed star in one ornament and
eleven-pointed star in other one. At the center there is a half-sphere boss
bordered by beaded wire and small triangles of granulation. A solid thick
wire spiral soldered to the center of the back. 22 x 21 x 24.
5719. SCYTHIAN OR WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD NECKLACE, VII cent. B.C. Composed of
fourteen hollow square cross-section beads; six hollow six-petaled rosettes
beads, two half of the same bead; thirty one hollow biconical beads and
three pendants. Half sphere top part of the pendant with suspension loop,
separated by ribbed wire, soldered to a sheet-gold band with half-spheres.
Three cones gathered by ribbed wires at the tops and bottoms with half
spheres soldered to each cone end. L. 17 1/8 "(44 cm), 27 mm- pendant
length.
5720. THREE SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUES, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque with beaded boarder perimeter bears a recumbent ibex with
head reversed over its back. The goat has an eye inside a depressed eye
socket, slightly open mouth, ears placed (on or against?) horns with annual
notches; emphasis is given to the shoulder blades, hips and legs
musculature. Holes are pierced around the perimeter. 45 mm.
5721. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a hare in right profile. Holes are
pierced around the perimeter. 24 x 15 mm.
5722. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a walking stag in right profile. The
shoulder ornamented with spiral. Holes are pierced around the perimeter. 19
x 23 mm. For similar stag plaque see "Art Treasures of Ancient Kuban,
Catalogue of Exhibition", pg. 105.
5723. THREE SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUES, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque, domed in a center and ribbed perimeter. Holes are pierced
around the perimeter. Up to 14 mm.
5724. TWO SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUES, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a recumbent stag in right profile. The
proportions of the body are realistic, while the antlers are deliberately
exaggerated, emphasis is given to the shoulder blades and hips. Holes are
pierced around the perimeter. 23 x 26.
5725. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a recumbent elk with head reversed over
its back. The antlers are terminated with a stylized griffin head. Holes are
pierced around the perimeter. 19 x 20. For similar stag plaque see "Art
Treasures of Ancient Kuban, Catalogue of Exhibition", pg. 110.
5726. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a recumbent elk with head reversed over
its back. The antlers are terminated with a stylized griffin head. Holes are
pierced around the perimeter. 16 x 18. Fragmental back legs. For similar
stag plaque see "Art Treasures of Ancient Kuban, Catalogue of Exhibition",
pg. 110.
5727. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a recumbent elk with head reversed over
its back. The antlers are terminated with a stylized griffin head. Holes are
pierced around the perimeter. 16 x 18. For similar stag plaque see "Art
Treasures of Ancient Kuban, Catalogue of Exhibition", pg. 110.
5728. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a recumbent hoofed animal with head
reversed over its back. Holes are pierced around the perimeter. Fragmental
ear. 17 x 18.
5729. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a recumbent hoofed animal with head
reversed over its back. Holes are pierced around the perimeter. 17 x 19.
5730. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a recumbent stag with head reversed over
its back and antlers spread apart. Holes are pierced around the perimeter.
Fragmental left part of antlers. 18 x 22. For similar stag plaque see
"Scythian Art" by B. Piotrovsky, Phaidon, Oxford, 1987, cat. # 90.
5731. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of an eight-pointed star with domed center
and perforated holes around the center. 25 x 25 mm. For similar plaque see "
Art Treasures of Ancient Kuban, Catalogue of Exhibition", pg. 109.
5732. FOUR SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold square plaques divided to nine smaller squares, five of which
have dots in the middle. 10 x 10 mm. For similar plaque see "Art Treasures
of Ancient Kuban, Catalogue of Exhibition", pg. 106.
5733. FIVE SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUES, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque with raised dots around high dome center. Holes are
pierced around the perimeter. Up to 18 mm. . For similar plaques see
"Ancient Greek and Roman jewelry in The Brooklyn Museum" by P. F. Davidson,
1984, cat. # 32.
5734. FOUR SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUES, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque with a border of repousse dots around high conical center.
Holes are pierced on conical part. Up to 16 mm. For similar plaques see "
Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman, in the Departments
of Antiquities, British Museum" by F. H. Marshall, 1969, cat. # 1190.
5735. FIVE SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUES, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque in the form of a crescent. Holes are pieced at both ends
and in the center. 9 x 13 mm.
5736. SIX SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUES, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a rosette with eight repousse petals
arranged around raised center. Holes are pierced around the perimeter. Up to
18 mm. For similar plaques see "Ancient Greek and Roman jewelry in The
Brooklyn Museum" by P. F. Davidson, 1984, cat. # 36.C.1-6. "The Art of the
Greek Goldsmith" by D. Williams, British Museum Press, 1998, colour plate 9
5737. THREE SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUES, IV cent. B.C. Hammered over a matrix,
rectangular sheet-gold plaque with a border of repousse dots and high relief
symmetrical uncertain form of a elongate shred structure bind or( tied up)
in the center. Holes are pierced along the perimeter. 17 x 28 mm. For
similar plaques see "Reports of A. S. Pushkin Federal Museum of Fine Arts"
by N. A. Sidorova, Moskow, 1968, pg. 21.
5738. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a flying eagle. The eagle's head is in
right profile with the beak curving downward. The wings and tail are
decorated with rows of feathers. Sharp-clawed paws tucked under belly. Holes
are pierced around the perimeter. 27 x 32 mm. For similar iconography see
"Scythian Art" by B. Piotrovsky, Phaidon, Oxford, 1987, cat. # 71.
5739. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
sheet-gold plaque is in the form of a cock in a right profile. The wings and
tail are decorated with linear and dotted rows of feathers. Holes are
pierced at comb and feet. 24 x 25 mm.
5740. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, V cent. B.C. The sheet-gold plaque hammered
over a matrix. Half circle composition includes stylized interlocking:
profile right bull head with eye, nostril, horns depicted by spirals; moose
profiled head left placed over bull's neck, his long ear touched by back
paws, and tail is terminated with a stylized griffin head. Holes are pierced
around the perimeter. 31 x 42 mm. Broken in half and glued with support from
the back. For similar plaque see Christie's NY, Antiquities, 12/08/1999, lot
#19.
5741. SCYTHIAN GOLD PLAQUE, IV cent. B.C. The hammered over a matrix,
hemispherical sheet-gold plaque with a loop in a center of the back. Loop
formed by twisted wire, both ends are flattened and soldered. 7 mm. For
similar plaques see "A golden legacy. Ancient jewelry from the B.Y. Berry
collection at the Indiana University Art Museum" by W. Rudolph, 1995, cat.
#22.Q.1-4.
5742. SARMATIAN GOLD AND CARNELIAN EARRINGS, I- first half of II century
A.D. Carnelian bead with vertical hole unclosed in (by?) two truncated cones
with wounded wires bands. They are soldered to cylinders, one of which
joined to the truncated cone at the opposite end, another one joined to
biconical hollow bead. At the top cylinder there are three long, wire
volutes with free moving loop-in-loop chains terminated by blue glass beads.
The gold wire axle (pin?) goes through all of the parts, starting at the
bottom of biconical bead and at the top penetrates the cap, coils around
suspension loop, to which the earwire with free ends goes through. 46 mm.
For similar earrings see "Kiev Museum of Historical Treasures", Mistetstvo,
Kiev, 1974, cat. #72. "Sarmatians of Tauria" by A.V. Simonenko, Kiev, 1993,
fig. 19.
5743. ROMAN GOLD RING, III century AD. Hoop formed of a flat gold strip with
overlapping ends, widening towards the trapeziform shoulders. Rectangular
shield with clear colorless glass inlay in box setting and twisted wire
boarder. Slightly deformed. 20 x 23 mm.
5744. ROMAN GOLD AND GLASS NECKLACE, II-III century AD. Composed of 9 gold
pendants with blue glass cabochons set in collar with pinched edge,
two-ribbed suspension loop decorated by twisted wire edges; 14 biconical,
hollow, ribbed gold beads, soldered from two halves; 66 spherical and semi-
spherical blue glass beads. 14" (35.6 cm).
5745. ROMAN GOLD AND GLASS EARRINGS, I century A.D. Square cross-section
solid wire hook with pointed end. The tear drop shield with tear drop shape
blue glass in the conical bezel setting framed by a border of two twisted
wires, imitating a braid, additionally granulated. Lower part of the shield
ends with rectangular-shape cross bar with beaded wire lower edge and three
hoops, to which free moving loop-in-loop chains are suspended. Each of the
chain terminated by blue glass and gold beads. A palmette at the center of
the cross bar decorated with cluster of granulation in the center and single
granules at each of curled ends. 55 mm.
5746. ROMAN GOLD EARRING, II-III century A.D. Tapering tubular hoop ending
in round wires; one is forming a loop with spirally twisted end in three
coils, the other one forming a hook. L. 17 mm. For the same type see
"Ancient Greek and Roman jewelry in The Brooklyn Museum" by P. F. Davidson,
1984, cat. # 168-181; "A golden legacy. Ancient jewelry from the B.Y. Berry
collection at the Indiana University Art Museum" by W. Rudolph, 1995, cat.
#63B
5747. ROMAN GOLD EARRING, I-III century A.D. Ellipsoid hoop made of spirally
twisted wire, rectangular in cross section, tapering and ending in round
wires; one is forming a loop with spirally twisted end in three coils, the
other one forming a hook. 17 x 17 mm. For the same hoop type see " Roman
jewelry. A Collection of National Archaeological Museum-Sofia " by L.
Ruseva-Prokoska, 1991, cat. # 20.
5748. ROMAN GOLD EARRING, II-III century A.D. Gradually tapering hoop ending
in round wire, forming a hook. The other end had been flatened and
penetrated to form a slot for a hook to pass through. 16 x 16 mm. For the
same type see "Ancient Greek and Roman jewelry in The Brooklyn Museum" by P.
F. Davidson, 1984, cat. # 147;
5749. ROMAN CARNELIAN AND GOLD AND SILVER RING, III-IV c. A.D. Hoop of a
thin silver band with two short grooves on each shoulder. Gold round shield
with a shelow bezel with insiezed dots perimeter containing carnelian
cabochon engraved with Eros drowing a bow. Most of the hoop is missing. 7 x
7 mm for intaglio.
5750. BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING, VIII-IX cent. A.D. Solid round wire hoop with hoop- and- hook fastener. Originally free moving pendant constructed of a granulated pyramid with clusters of granulation at all corners and vertical cylinder, terminated by suspension ring. 37 mm. For a similar type see "Materials in Archaeology of Tauria", vol. III, pg. 371, # 8.
5751. BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING, second half of VIII cent. A.D. Solid round wire hoop with hoop- and- hook fastener. Hollow sphere, constructed of two halves, soldered to the hoop. Pyramidal clusters of granulation at the bottom of the sphere. 30 mm. For a similar type see "Materials in Archaeology of Tauria", vol. III, pg. 371, # 41.
5752. BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING, second half of VIII cent. A.D. Solid round wire hoop with hoop- and- hook fastener. Hollow sphere, constructed of two halves with three granules in between the sphere and a hoop.
23 mm. For a similar type see "Materials in Archaeology of Tauria", vol. III, pg. 366, # 33.
5753. BYZANTINE GOLD EARRING, second half of VIII-IX cent. A.D. Solid round wire hoop with hoop- and- hook fastener. Hollow sphere, constructed of two halves with ribbed suspension ring soldered to the hoop. Pyramidal clusters of granulation at the bottom of the sphere. Additionally three ribbed rings clamped on the hoop. 30 mm.
5754. BYZANTINE GOLD AND GLASS CROSS, early VII century AD. Hollow conical arms and ribbed suspension loop. At the intersection of the arms, there is a truncated cone with a circular collar set with pale green transparent glass cabochon. 61 mm. For a similar cross see "Catalog of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in The Dumbarton Oaks Collection", Washington, D.C., 1965, vol. II, cat. # 55.
5755. GERMANIC GOLD AND GLASS RING, late VI-VII century A.D. Double- grooved thick sheet gold hoop with the ends soldered against the underside of the setting. The light aqua colored glass inlay in high rectangular box-setting on a larger base with beaded wire perimeter. 23 x 26 mm. See commentary on cat. # 93 in W. Rudolph "A GOLDEN LEGACY- Ancient Jewelry from the Burton Y. Berry Collection".
