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LOT 1168
Iron Age Bronze Iberian Fibula
CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 3/8 in. (6.74 grams, 34 mm).
Small Iberian type with broad coiled spring, lateral flange for the catch, bulbous extension to the footplate [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private collection formed in the 1990s.
Ex property of a European gentleman living in the UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, private collector.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1360, for type.
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