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LOT 1645
Iron Age and Roman Bronze Bow Brooch Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 3 in. (38 grams total, 29-74 mm).
Including Colchester type, La Tène I type, dolphin type and others. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Iron Age and Roman Brooches, Oxford, 1985, item 252, 753.
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