Gold, 3.03/3.06 grams, 26.29/24.80 mm. 6th-1st century BC. A matched pair of Graeco-Scythian earrings. The hoop consists of a split quadrangular-section circlet of gold with granulation on three of the four faces. A granulated loop attaches a bell-shaped pendant with a granulated collar, with a granulated hoop about the widest point below three tear-shaped bilinear motifs. Three pyramidal clusters of granulation complete the design. Workmanship of this quality and delicacy was a specialization of the Graeco-Scythian workshops of the Black Sea region. Reference: cf. the gold jewellery and personal items found at Nymphaeum at the northern end of the Black Sea in Vickers, M. Scythian and Thracian Antiquities, Oxford, 2002, pl.12. Good very fine condition and wearable. Provenance: from an old English collection. This item is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.