Circa 200 BC, Hellenistic Period A gold terminal pendant with lions-head decorated with an open mouth and suspension loop with gold necklace. The details of the ferocious lion head are chased with stippling on the nose, whiskers and mane. The lolling tongue and the teeth are separately made. For a similar example from Kourion, now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, see no. 187 in D. Williams and J. Ogden, Greek Gold. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. Size: L:33mm / W:19mm; 1.85g Provenance: Property of a London Gentleman; formerly in a private UK collection formed in the the 1990s.