GREEK INSCRIBED HIGH KARAT GOLD FOIL

Ca. 500 - 300 BC. A rectangular sheet of gold foil, incised with Greek characters arranged in narrow registers separated by double lines. Size: 44mm x 20mm; Weight: 0.3g Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a distinguished New York private collection, assembled between 1975 and 1995. The collection was authenticated in the early 1990s by Dr. Jack Ogden and Barbara Deppert Lippitz, leading specialists in ancient jewellery. A significant number of objects from this collection were also published in a professional catalogue. . >

Estimate:$399.84

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