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LOT 1710

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

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.

FOOTNOTES:
Recorded and assessed by the Secretary of State’s Expert Adviser as an object of cultural interest. The RCEWA reviewed an export application and determined that it meets the third Waverley criterion, making it currently non-exportable.

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