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LOT 1602
Bronze Age Loop Pendant
CENTRAL EUROPEAN, 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (11.1 grams, 72 mm).
Discoid plaque with eccentrically placed circular void, ribbed neck and loop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a 1990s German collection.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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