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LOT 0773

Roman Bronze Double Horse-Headed Brooch

2ND CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (6.95 grams, 42 mm).

Skeuomorphic type with openwork crescent to the foot, transverse ribbed panel and two swept arms developing to addorsed horse-heads; ferrous pin and catch to the 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., Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, Sherborne, 1982, item 1628, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0773

Roman Bronze Double Horse-Headed Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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