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LOT 1523
Large Bronze Age Foundry Hoard Ingot
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 5/8 in. (577 grams, 14.4 cm).
Irregular ingot fragment from a founder's hoard with carination and triangular scars to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFamily collection since before 2000.
Ex property of a gentleman collector, Munich, Germany.
Cf. similar items in a Bronze Age founder's hoard from Suffolk recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) under reference no.SF-C98115.
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