Etruscan Gold Leech Earring
3rd century B.C. Formed with a hollow c-shaped body adorned with five rows of hollow spheres and a double filigree ropework band, two rows of filigree hoops to the inner face. Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, item 2265, for construction. 7.61 grams, 30 mm (1 1/8 in.).

From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.

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