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LOT 1618
British Celtic Bronze 'Upavon Type' Brooch
IRON AGE, 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 1/4 in. (11.9 grams, 33 mm).
Comprising a central ring with two rivetted wings; remains of catchplate and pin-lugs on the reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Norfolk/Suffolk Border, UK.
From a Kent collection formed in the 1990s.
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