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LOT 1688
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Boar's Head Mount
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (4.62 grams, 21 mm).
Triangular in profile with boar-head detailing, mounting pins to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Peter Hewett, Coins & Artefacts, UK.
Acquired on the European art market since the early 2000s.
From the private Northern Ireland collection of R.M.
Accompanied by copies of line drawings of the object.
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