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LOT 1548
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Artefact Collection
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1/2 - 1 in. (32.4 grams total, 14-27 mm).
Including a terret mount, penannular brooch. enamelled ring fragments, votive axehead and other items. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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