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LOT 0893
Roman Bronze Brooch Group
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 - 1 5/8 in. (21.1 grams total, 28-42 mm).
Including equal-arm, bow brooch fragments, and a Romano-British lion bow brooch similar to the one found at Corbridge (lot 891). [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of the vendor's grandfather, thence by family descent, circa 1985.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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