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LOT 0802
British Artefact Collection
CIRCA 6TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (17.6 grams total, 19-36 mm).
Comprising: a knapped gun flint; a silver Roman knee brooch; an Anglian wrist clasp with PAS no. to reverse 'YORYH-E195A4'. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Knee brooch found Leicestershire, wrist clasp found Yorkshire, and the transverse arrowhead found Nottinghamshire.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.YORYM-E195A4.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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