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LOT 2077
Copper-Alloy Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
1/2 - 4 in. (4.5 kg total, 1-10 cm).
Comprising: buttons; coins; a bone comb; buckles; weights; tokens; musket balls; thimbles and other miscellaneous items. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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