A Hellenistic gold oak wreath. Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. Photo Bonhams

Composed of numerous projecting sprays of sheet gold oak leaves with serrated edges and veins, each spray attached by twisted gold wire to a diadem composed of sheet gold over a modern tubular core, 6¼in (16cm) diam. Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000, US$ 4,700 - 6,300, € 3,600 - 4,800. Unsold

Provenance:: The Aldo Branca Collection, Ascona, Switzerland, acquired between the 1960s and 1980s.

 Bonhams. Antiquities, 25 Apr 2012. London, New Bond Street www.bonhams.com