CNG 85, Lot: 1658. Estimate $1500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gold earrings. Partho-Roman, 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Plain, hooked loop attached to grooved and pelleted columnar body. To either side, four globules above inset, tear-dropped shaped garnet. At bottom, five hollow orbs terminating in a series of globules. Height: 3.5cm; Total weight: 10.09 g. Earthen deposits, some surface cracks and punctures. Clasps missing, but otherwise intact.