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LOT 0310
Gothic Gold-Foiled Silver Buckle with Garnet
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (4.58 grams, 28 mm).
Comprising: round-section graduated silver loop; D-section tongue, forward edge curved over the loop, rear with transverse ribbing; small plate with applied domed cell, ribbed collar, granulated field, inset cabochon garnet.
Provenance
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Aibabin, A.I., Khairedinova, E., Cemetery near the village of Luchistoe (in Russian), Tome 1, Simferopol-Kerch, 2008, fig.32, no.2.
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