A Pair of Large Silver Thracian Celtic Earings.  Circa 200 -300 B.C.

Great pair of authentic ancient Celtic Earrings which fit in perfectly with today's fashion for large earrings.  Perfectly wearable.

In 280 BC, the Celts began an invasion into Thrace, Macedonia and Greece. A year later, they defeated the Macedonians and killed their leader Ptolemy Ceraunus. The Celts, established a tribal state in Thrace in 279 BC. Their kingdom expanded and spread over a large area reached the Balkan range to the North, but was destroyed by Thracians in 213 BC. The capital of the Celtic tribal state was called Tylis and according to some historical sources was located in the region of Byzantium (the modern city of Istanbul in Turkey).

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Size 4.6 cm in diameter