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LOT 0897
Roman Bronze Axe Fibula
1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (14.7 grams, 34 mm).
With a vertical cutting edge to the blade, D-sectioned shaft with baluster-style terminals; remains of ferrous pin, hinge and catch-plate to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex DRG Coins and Antiquities, Bishops Stortford, Essex, UK.
From the private collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the early 2000s.
Accompanied by a handwritten dealer's ticket.
Literature
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1143, for type.
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