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LOT 1841
Iron Age Celtic Bronze La Tène and Roman Bow Brooch Collection
3RD CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 2 3/4 in. (31.4 grams total, 46-71 mm).
Comprising: slender La Tène Type II with returned foot; La Tène Type III with carinated bow; Roman Aucissa type with hinged pin. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 1841
Iron Age Celtic Bronze La Tène and Roman Bow Brooch Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Romano-Celtic Bronze Leaping Boar Statuette
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,784
Modelled in the round in a dynamic pose with fierce facial features and partially open mouth; ridge of bristles to the spine; mounted on a custom-made stand. 165 grams total, 74 mm wide
Found Hampshire, UK, in the 1980s. From the collection of David Miller and a Cambridge, UK, collection, 2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12512-231450. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
The small statuettes of boars found in Roman Britain and Gaul were likely used as votive figurines for cult places. They were widespread in the Roman provinces of Celtic origin. However, one cannot exclude the fact that many boars found in Britain belong to the pre-conquest era. One of the few types of bronze figurines that are known to precede the arrival of the Romans is, in fact, that of the boars. -
Romano-Celtic Bronze Toggle Group
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Group of fasteners including barrel-shaped type with loop and disc finials, central bar with gusset and other types. 39.4 grams total, 26-35 mm
with H.A.C. A.G., Basel, prior 1999. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Mount Group
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: appliqué of three domes, pierced at the centre; la Tène style mount with trumpet-comma motifs above domes. 14 grams total, 22-35 mm
Previously in Yorkshire and Derbyshire, UK, collections. Property of a private collector, West London, UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
