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LOT 1550
Iron Age La Tene Brooch Group
3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 3/8 - 2 3/4 in. (19.8 grams total, 34-69 mm).
Comprising three bow brooches with conical finials; a brooch with an arrow-shaped plaque and coiled spring to the pin. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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