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LOT 0691
Roman Bronze Knee Brooch
2ND CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (20.5 grams, 35 mm).
Comprising a chord in a horizontal sleeve with pin to the rear, deep scrolled bow with spurs to the reverse, scooped lower end and trapezoidal foot, hooked catch to reverse; light linear ornament to flared shank. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Dorchester, Dorset, UK, in 1971.
Ex UK art market.
From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Hattatt, R., Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford, 1987, item 1228.
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