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LOT 1159
Iron Age British Celtic Bronze Decorated Ring-Headed Pin
LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (16 grams, 87 mm).
With tapering shank and integral ring with bulb finial; shank pierced below the junction with the bulb.
Provenance
Found Norfolk, Southern England.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
Accompanied by an old Norfolk Castle Museum record slip.
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LOT 1159
Iron Age British Celtic Bronze Decorated Ring-Headed Pin
Sold for (Inc. bp): £109
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