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Gold oak wreath with a bee and two cicadas. 350-300 BC. Said to be from the Dardanelles. Each branch, made of sheet gold tubes, has six sprays with eight leaves and seven or eight acorns, as well as a cicada. Perhaps the most famous oak wreath is that from a tomb in Virginia, identified as the tomb of Philip II. Another comes from the nearby Prince's tomb. A particularly fine example was discovered in a tumulus at Pergamon.

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Gold oak wreath with a bee and two cicadas. 350-300 BC. Said to be from the Dardanelles. Each branch, made of sheet gold tubes, has six sprays with eight leaves and seven or eight acorns, as well as a cicada. Perhaps the most famous oak wreath is that from a tomb in Virginia, identified as the tomb of Philip II. Another comes from the nearby Prince's tomb. A particularly fine example was discovered in a tumulus at Pergamon.