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A tiny figure of Nike (the personification of victory) driving two horses is set amid the floral design above the boat-shaped forms on these extraordinarily elaborate earrings.
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Title: Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 300 BCE
Culture: East Greek
Medium: Gold
Dimensions:
Overall (A): 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)
Other (Diameter of disc): 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Diam.: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Gold and Silver
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948
Object Number: 48.11.2, .3
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