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LOT 1846
Iron Age Celtic Enamelled Bronze Mount
1ST CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (12.13 grams, 27 mm).
Discoid La Tène mount with a 'figure-of-eight' motif on a red enamelled background.
Provenance
Found near Sedgeford, Norfolk, UK.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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