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LOT 0658

Roman Bronze Horse-Heads Plate Brooch

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

1 5/8 in. (14.8 grams, 40 mm).

Formed as four profile horseheads emanating from a central roundel; each head with a ring-and-dot eye and chevron mouth, and incised borders to the neck; to the reverse, the pin and catchplate. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the early 1990s.
Ex Property of a Cambridgeshire Gentleman.
Property of a Kent lady collector.

Literature

Cf. Petcu, R., Swastika-shaped fibulae with horse-head decorations (Almgren 232) from the Roman period in Dobrudja (Moesia Inferior), in Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica 25(1); pp.113-122, fig.4.

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LOT 0658

Roman Bronze Horse-Heads Plate Brooch

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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