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LOT 1657
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Lynch Pin Terminal
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (33 grams, 76 mm).
Iron shank with applied bronze collar and bulb, ribbed hoop finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North Yorkshire, UK, private collection.
Acquired from Adam Partridge Auctioneers, Macclesfield, UK.
Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
Cf. British Museum number 1987,0404.12, East Riding of Yorkshire: Kirkburn.
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