1st-3rd century AD. A substantial matched pair of gold openwork bulb earrings, each with two loops attached to a waisted neck with scrolled and granulated handle, two bands of arcading around a median filigree herringbone collar, applied loops and pendant D-shaped plaques. Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, item 2328.13.20 grams total, 40-41mm (1 1/2"). Property of an English collector; acquired from John Moor, York, UK, in the late 1990s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no. 8700/07/12/2020; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10478-168700.[2]