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LOT 0876

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

ROMAN AND EARLIER SILVER AND BRONZE ARTEFACT COLLECTION
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 - 1 3/8 in. (34.5 grams total, 23-35 mm).

Comprising: amuletic pendant in the form of a fly with hatched wings; amuletic wishbone pendant; figure fragment; mount formed as the bust of Minerva with crested helmet; Bronze Age butterfly toggle. [5, No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

PUBLISHED:
Bailey, G., Buttons and Fasteners 500 BC-AD1840, Witham, 2004, item 10.1 (butterfly toggle).

CONDITION
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