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LOT 0796
Roman Bronze Artefact Collection
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 3 3/8 in. (15.8 grams total, 50-85 mm).
Including a fishing hook, needles and other items. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Feltwell, Norfolk, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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