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LOT 1275
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Strap Junction with Animal Heads
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 in. (159 grams, 44 mm).
Round-section hoop with three radiating animal-heads, discoid stud with quincunx of ring-and-dot motifs. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Great Chesterford, Cambridgeshire, UK, 2000s.
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