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Pair of solid silver bracelets, attributed to the Greco-Roman world, and consistent with bracelet forms produced during the Hellenistic to early Roman period (3rd–1st century BC).

Design Features:

  • Thick, rounded silver bodies

  • Compressed, stylized terminals matching the lion-head type seen in Hellenistic silver jewellery

  • Hammered decorative bands with deep linear ridges around each terminal

  • Paired construction with matching terminal forms

Measurements:

  • Inner diameter: 53 mm

  • Combined weight: 159.4 g

Comparative References (Museum Examples):

  • The Getty Museum, Object 88.AM.5Hellenistic Silver Bracelet with Lion-Head Terminals, 3rd century BC.

  • The Louvre, Bj 2038–2039Pair of Silver Lion-Head Bracelets, Hellenistic period.

  • The British Museum, GR 1873,0820.181–182Silver bracelets with stylized zoomorphic terminals, 3rd–2nd century BC.

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession 1991.11.1Silver bracelet with hammered ridged collar and animal-head terminal, Hellenistic period.


The construction features—solid round bodies, compressed zoomorphic terminals, and ridged hammered collars—closely parallel documented examples of Hellenistic Greco-Roman lion-head bracelets preserved in major museum collections.

A Pair of Hellenistic Silver Lion-Head Bracelets 3rd-1st century BC

SKU: *SKUGREROBRA888
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