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LOT 0847

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

ROMAN BRONZE KNEE BROOCH COLLECTION
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 - 1 1/2 in. (66 grams total, 29-39 mm).

Comprising examples with sprung pins or hinged pins and catchplates to reverses. [6, No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex property of an Austrian private collector since the 1970s.

LITERATURE:
See Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011, for general discussion.

CONDITION
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