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LOT 1634
Celtic Bronze La Tene Brooch
IRON AGE, 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 5/8 in. (20 grams, 66 mm).
With an integral catchplate at the rear of the bow, a recurved knop finial below, an integral spring, and punched detailing to the forward face of the bow. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 741; Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 2.
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