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LOT 0328
Iron Age Celtic Enamelled Bronze Lyre-Shaped Mount
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (34.9 grams, 64 mm).
Openwork loop with stud to the upper face and small loop below, three attachment pegs to the underside, two pairs of discoid cells with enamel fill. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lincolnshire, UK, early 2000s.
Acquired from the Cumberland Coin Fair, UK, early 2000s.
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Jope, E.M., Early Celtic Art in the British Isles, no & pl.271, a-h.
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