Jewellery 30.3.2000

Afew brief details of the different pieces of jewellery depicted on the stamps on the three FDCs of Cyprus are :

10 cents     Necklace - Choirokoitia (4500 - 4000 BC)

15 cents     Pair of gold earrings (3rd century BC)

20 cents     Gold earring - Lampousa (6th - 7th century AD)

25 cents     Pin - (19th century AD)

30 cents     Gold cross (6th - 7th century AD)
35 cents     Necklace "Skaletta" (18th - 19th century AD)
40 cents     Gold earring (Beginning of 19th century AD)
50 cents     Spiral hair-ring (5th - 4th century BC)

75 cents     Plaques of gold-plated silver - Giala (700 - 600 BC)
£1              Gold Frontlet - Egkomi (14th - 13th century BC)
£2              Gold Necklace - Egkomi (13th century BC)
£3              Buckles (Beginning of 19th century AD)