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LOT 0621

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

ROMAN 'BRITISH' DECORATED BRONZE CROSSBOW BROOCH
4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 in. (55 grams, 89 mm).

With onion-knop terminals, carinated bow with a band of diagonal line decoration; the footplate with ring-and-dot decoration to each end, flanking a central linear decoration; pin and catch-plate to reverse. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Found UK.
Acquired from Alan Cherry at the Birmingham Coin Fair, 2003.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.

Accompanied by an identification card.

CONDITION
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