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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1548

Iron Age Celtic Bronze Artefact Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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