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LOT 1525
Large Bronze Age Foundry Hoard Ingot
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (1.73 kg, 10.7 cm wide).
Irregular bronze ingot fragment with lip to one curved edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFamily collection since before 2000.
Ex property of a gentleman collector, Munich, Germany.
Cf. similar (but smaller) 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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