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LOT 0354
Large Bronze Age Spectacle Brooch
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 in. (497 grams, 20.2 cm).
Formed as two large tightly-wound coils; similar verso with pin absent.
Provenance
Ex Surrey, UK, collection, 1980s.
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