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LOT 0892
Roman Bronze Hair Pin
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 in. (5.43 grams, 11.2 cm).
With biconvex knop finial, five radiating creases to upper face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 285, for type.
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