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Title: Pair of gold-disk earrings with Erotes pendants
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: length 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Classification: Gold and Silver
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
Object Number: 07.286.118, .119
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