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LOT 1834
Copper-Alloy Finds Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. AND EARLIER
5/8 - 4 1/8 in. (5.5 kg total, 1.5-10.5 cm).
Comprising complete and fragmentary items including badges, brooches, furniture, harness and other fittings, musket balls, buttons, nails, strap ends, weights, coins, crotal bells, jewellery and figures; together with other miscellaneous items; all as found. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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