2nd millennium BC. A slender gold clothing pinposed of a tapering round-section body, with expanded and pierced central section, decorative collars to the upper half, circular panel with incised stylised palm leaves, chevrons below. Cf. The Metropolitan Meum, accession number 54.11.4, for a similar pin dated to c.14th century BC, and ascribed to the Mycenaean culture. 2.09 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s. Important North West London collection.