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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1858977, member: 44357&quot;]I&#039;ve seen older auction catalogs (ca 1900) describe them as &quot;three drops falling from a calyx&quot;. Here&#039;s a contemporary gold earring which was sold by Christie&#039;s and is pretty close to Aetheusa&#039;s:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Greek_zps435fd4b3.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;</p><p><font size="5">HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p>With pan-shaped disc, with stylized rosettes and palmettes radiating from central rosette, all with beaded wire borders, beneath four lengths of double loop-in-loop chain, in pairs, terminating either with an ivy-leaf or rosette below which hangs an amphora pendant, each pair flanking an inverted pyramidal pendant (one missing), with rosette masking the linking rings, the square top with pyramidal clusters of grains at each corner, tapering downwards with pairs of biconical beads with beaded wire between, the lower part with spiralling plain and beaded wires, terminating in flower calyx, remains of enamel</p><p>2¼ in. (6 cm.) long (2)&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of me wants to start collecting antiquities like this... they are much less expensive than coins for what they are (this sold for $20K, which in my eyes, is a bargain).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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