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LOT 1020
Late Roman Bronze Dress Pin
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (8.48 grams, 97 mm).
With polyhedral head pierced on three faces, tapering shank. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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