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LOT 0602
Roman Bronze Knife Handle Section
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (7.98 grams, 39 mm wide).
From a folding knife handle, having a hound in an active pose chasing a hare, the hare absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK.
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