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LOT 0847

Sold for (Inc. bp): £260

ROMAN BRONZE COMBAT PLATE BROOCH
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (10.1 grams, 35 mm).

Openwork design of a gladiator (bestiarius) tackling a leaping beast; round and ellipsoid sockets for enamel fill; pin-lugs and catch to the reverse; riverine patination. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Heynowski, R., Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Fibeln, Munich, 2012, item 3.27.5, for type.

CONDITION
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