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LOT 1648
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Handle with Crescents
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (53 grams, 12.6 cm).
D-section tapering shank with hatched median band and transverse collar, ring with two addorsed crescents, hatched bar with slot to long edge and two pierced fixing plates. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
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