4th century BC. A matched pair of gold penannular bracelets, each a round-section shank with median carinated bulb, the separate finials a pair of opposed rams' heads each with textured fur, segmented horns, pellet eyes. See Curtiss, J. & Tallis, N., Forgotten Empire. The World of Ancient Persia, London, 2005, item 164, for similar type from the Oxus treasure hoard; and Simpson, S. & Pankova, S. Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia, London, 2017, p.13, for a similar later Scythian gold bracelet type. 147 grams total, 88-89mm (3 1/2"). From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s. [2] Very fine condition, cleaned.