5th century BC-3rd century AD. A mixed group of five gold earrings, comprising mostly Roman; a plain hoop with small disc to the front, single granule to the centre; a plain hoop with small pendant hoop, decorated with granule cluster to the bottom; a thin wire hoop with pendant of four hollow gold globules forming a pyramid, decorated with clusters of granules; an open hoop with hollow conical carinated drop with inscribed markings to the front; a thin wire hoop with shell-shaped plaque to the front and shell pendant. 5.01 grams total, 14-29mm (1/2 - 1"). From the David John Dennis collection of ancient jewellery; acquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s. David Dennis started collecting items when he was a 10 year old boy during the Blitz in London gathering parts of nose cones from shells and other pieces of shrapnel that had fallen from the skies. After the war he turned his attentions to cigarette cards, postage stamps, bank notes, coins and eventually ancient artefacts, predominately Roman jewellery. Now living in Cumbria with his daughter he decided it was time to part with his collections. [5, No Reserve]

Fine condition.