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LOT 0569
Italic Bronze Fibula and Proto Ring Money Assemblage
CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/8 in. (66 grams, 86 mm).
Bow brooch with integral coiled spring and pin, carinated bow, ellipsoid footplate with two offset lugs forming the catch; with two bronze rings loped over the spring, one a round-section ring and the other an openwork disc. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of Dr Wladmir Rosenbaum, 1894-1984.
Ex Helios gallery, Wiltshire, UK.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Accompanied by a dealer's information display card.
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