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LOT 1557
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Votive Head of a Deity
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (3.31 grams, 20 mm).
Bust modelled in the half-round, facing male with impressive hair; possibly a votive for a deity. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Coventry, Warwickshire, UK.
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Iron Age Celtic Bronze La Tene Fibula
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With wide bow and S-curved tail with conical knop; integral spring and pin. 3.34 grams, 28 mm
Ex M Braham and Lord Alistair McAlpine collections, 1970-1980s. -
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bull's Head Bowl Mount
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Found Cambridgeshire, UK in the 1980s. Property of a Kent lady collector. -
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Iron Age La Tene Brooch Group
3rd century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three bow brooches with conical finials; a brooch with an arrow-shaped plaque and coiled spring to the pin. 19.8 grams total, 34-69 mm
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
