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LOT 0773
Roman Bronze Fylfot Brooch
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (11.9 grams, 28 mm).
With incised line decoration to the arms, pin-lugs, pin and catchplate to the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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