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LOT 0111
Etruscan Gold Fibula with Amber Disc
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (12.42 grams, 75 mm).
Bow brooch with hollow-formed head, foot and bow; the head formed as the head of a goat; bow enclosing an annular amber panel.
Provenance
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
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