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LOT 0600
Roman Bronze Horse-Headed Brooch
3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (7.4 grams, 37 mm).
Plate brooch with four radiating horse-heads on curved neck, central rosette motif, pin and catch to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection, 1980s.
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