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LOT 0644
Roman and Dark Age 'Richard Hattatt' Bronze Brooches
1ST-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 - 1 3/4 in. (3 1/4 in.) (108 grams total, 34-44 mm (84 mm including stand)).
Comprising: penannular brooch from the Roman fort at Burgh castle, Norfolk; Romano-British T-shaped brooch of Mendip type; each mounted on one of Richard Hattatt's personal collection display stands; both published and recorded on verso. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound East Anglia and Burgh Castle, Norfolk.
From the private collection of the famous author and brooch collector Richard Hattatt since before 1987.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, items 1291 and 907.
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