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LOT 0362
Iron Age Celtic Coiled Silver Bracelet Pair
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (101 grams total, 73-74 mm).
Comprising a matched pair, each a keeled band with round-section finials formed as coiled bosses and linked loops forming a Hercules' knot at the centre, the ends coiled around the band. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired in the early 1970s.
Ex property of a Surrey collector.
From the Horton collection, UK.
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