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LOT 1694
Celtic Silver Plaque with Face
IRON AGE, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 1/2 in. (3 1/8 in.) (8.6 grams, 38 mm (22.27 grams total, 81 mm including stand)).
Discoid with low-relief stylised human face with prominent nose, lentoid eyes, puff cheeks and leaf-shaped animal(?) ears, flattened rim with six punched suspension holes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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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